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..."

my

asked, restrained,

what?"

the day I marry you," Ernest's eyes

at him. "If you're not sincere,

the tip of my nose, "I will never betray you,

made a promise, but I no longer

too, but he ended up

where divorces outnumber marriages daily, promises are the

Ernest began with

let it happen naturally. If

goes, the greatest pain comes from expecting too much and receiving too

their course means

won't betray you," I found myself saying

"Ernest, if you're having second thoughts, it's not too late to back

second thoughts. If

it's on

my lips, "It's my fault

ached

BUMS

to touch the softest part of my

go of Conrad, I thought part of the reason he looked elsewhere was

again, I initiated the kiss, pulling at his