No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 654

What? My eyebrows furrowed in confusion, leading me to respond with a puzzled [?] [Yates is storming in!]

Fanny's message brought a smirk to my face as I recalled the hotel booking I had jokingly arranged, prompting me to reply: [Enjoy the romantic getaway I've set up for you two.]

[Enjoy what? I'm off to surgery!]

I was speechless.

Fanny wasn't joking or trying to dodge Yates; she genuinely had a surgery to perform.

Technically, she could have handed off the surgery to someone else, but she chose not to. She wanted to make a point to Yates - why should she drop everything just because he decided to show up after months of prioritizing work over their relationship? By the time Fanny finished her surgery, it was already 11 PM.

The first thing she did was check her phone, curious if Yates had left any messages.

But her inbox was empty, not a single message in sight.

She specifically opened the chat with Yates, only to find it unchanged from the time he announced his return.

So, during all these hours, not a single message from him?

about

stopped at the nurses' station to wrap things up, and then headed back

door, she stopped dead in her tracks. The lights were on, and there was Yates, casually dressed in a polo shirt and slacks, lounging on the sofa under the soft

her, asking, "How did

snapped back to reality, "Oh, smoothly. What

"Waiting for you!"

heart raced. "I was actually

have?" Yates's question carried a

no

take a shower and change," she said, pointing towards the bathroom, her

step, Yates's low voice stopped her: "Why

gave out, nearly

eyes met, and he approached her, "In a relationship, we're supposed to

outs of physical intimacy, yet Yates's words left

she managed to say before

Yates's confession made Fanny bump her head on the bathroom door with a

pulled her close,

spot on her forehead. His warm breath accelerated her heartbeat. Although they had been intimate during Ker visit