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

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

she stopped dead in her tracks. The lights were on, and there was Yates, casually dressed in a

asking, "How did the

reality, "Oh, smoothly. What

"Waiting for you!"

heart raced. "I was actually planning to look

you really have?" Yates's question carried a

chuckled - she had no

to take a shower and change," she said, pointing towards the bathroom, her voice tinged with

a step, Yates's low voice stopped her: "Why didn't you tell me if you needed

almost gave out, nearly making her

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

and outs of physical intimacy,

need anything," she managed to say before ducking into

made Fanny bump her head on

pulled her

forehead. His warm breath accelerated her heartbeat. Although they had been intimate