Chapter 289



Ernest looked at me, and I could feel his nerves all tangled up. It seemed he was feeling guilty. As expected, no man was generous about the woman he loved.

Seeing Ernest try to hide his nervousness, I secretly smirked, though I made sure to keep my face straight.

I stood before him, silent.

Ernest's lips moved as if he wanted to say something but seemed to wrestle with whether or not he should. The straightforward man, hesitating, reminded me of a kid who'd done something wrong and didn't know what to do next.

Seeing him like this, I couldn't hold back my laughter. My laughter only confused him more.

"Licia..."

I reached out to take the glass of milk he'd prepared for me and tiptoed to plant a kiss on his cheek. "Thanks."

After that, I headed out and instructed him, "Grab my bag, will you?"

Ernest followed me all the way downstairs.

He seemed much more relaxed when we got to the car. Instead of heading for the driver's seat as usual, I walked to the passenger side.

I tossed the car keys to Ernest. "You drive."

the passenger seat, I leisurely sipped the milk he'd made, listening to music, feeling an unprecedented sense of ease

pulled over by a bus

"What's up?" I asked.

know about us, right? I should get off here to dodge any misunderstandings." Ernest mentioned something

was supposed to forget? Yet, he was reminding

at the office had admired Ernest when he dealt with Jimmy and felt

me will keep the girls away at the office, huh?" I

Ernest denied

unhappily,

hand. "Licia,

I was being unreasonable. I

under wraps at

that he was doing

such complicated creatures,

but you," Ernest said as he moved my hand away. He restarted the car, heading to the

To save face, I threw one last

Ernest smiled helplessly. "Okay."

Ernest. He could tell when I meant it and joked, and he didn't get mad

Conrad couldn't tell.

with him because he'd take everything to heart, even when he

Conrad to Ernest, which was inevitable since

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