No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 272



Feeling like I was on fire, a fever seemed to envelop me, recalling the last time I flirted with him. That moment flashed before my eyes again as I gazed at the face before me, so full of a certain restraint, and I remembered what Fanny Willis had once said.

"Ernest, have you been with other women?" Despite him claiming he'd never even had a girlfriend, I felt compelled to ask again.

His eyes deepened. "...No."

Those words sent a shiver down my spine. "Do you want to?"

His jaw clenched, and suddenly, it felt like the world around me faded away, overtaken by the intense feeling of his lips against mine.

As Ernest breathed heavily, I knew the answer.

But he didn't continue. Instead, he rested his forehead against mine. "How long do you intend to test me, or is it your intention to torment me?"

Seeing his restraint, the evident desire yet fierce self-control, I touched his face. "Do you really want this? Is your desire purely for me?"

Asking this, I was reminded of how Conrad's casual disinterest had once hurt me, deeply.

"Yes," he gasped, "Only you."

Hearing that, I closed my eyes, feeling something inside me settle.

"Jo..."

by my kiss, pulling him to

He asked, restrained, at the last

what?" My voice

till the day I marry

you're not

kissing the tip of my nose, "I will never

made a promise, but I no

too,

outnumber marriages daily,

Ernest began with a

let it happen naturally. If not, there's

comes from expecting too much and receiving

without expectations, letting things take their course means no pain,

I won't betray you," I

aback. I forced a smile. "Ernest, if you're having second thoughts, it's not too

second thoughts. If

on

lips, "It's my fault for not being enough

heart ached at

BUMS

Ernest, always knew how to touch

reason he looked elsewhere was

I initiated the kiss, pulling at