No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 617

"I mean..." I started, but suddenly I couldn't think of what to ask him. Yolande seemed to know what I was about to ask, so she took the initiative.

"You know he was in the military, but what you don't know is that he was part of a covert ops unit. He spent three years in international conflicts, and in that time, he took down the world's most dominant criminal organization. As for the likes of Brown and Henrik, they're just the small fries."

"After Ernest finished his job, he came back home and hung up his boots. All he wanted was a normal life. But the whole Jefferson affair made him realize those minor threats were rearing their ugly heads again. There are even some out there vowing revenge for their fallen leaders. Ernest knows better than anyone how dangerous they can be. They can't touch him directly, so they're bound to go after the people close to him."

Yolande glanced at me, "That's why he broke things off with you, as well as the truth about his past and who he really is."

"You and him..." I wanted to ask if her deep understanding of Ernest was because they had been through battles together.

But at that moment, I couldn't seem to find the right words.

"Our relationship was a facade. He did it to protect you," Yolande said with a hint of a sad smile.

I could tell she felt alone.

Even if he broke it off with you, you could still be in danger. So, we pretended to be a

asked, realizing as soon as I had that it was a

Ernest. It was

wanted to protect him," Yolande's response took me

But he's not. He can get hurt. So, I do whatever I can to protect

love him,"

for him long before you came along. But... he never felt the

remarkable

him, and yet

have loved me,

as Yolande's words turned any resentment I had towards Ernest

time he ignored you or was cold, it hurt him more than anyone. There were times I saw him so down, a side of

know if it weren't for all this, I wouldn't have told you any of this Yolande said with a bittersweet smile I admit

selfish, but Yolande embodied

before Yolande, I suddenly

surface, never questioning the true reason behind his sudden