No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 721

After concluding my words, I cast a quick glance at Allen. "I'm going to find out who's trying to harm you."

Allen chuckled softly. "First time I've heard Ms. Hudson brag."

I shot him a sharp look. "You'll see whether it's a boast or not. And... you can leave now."

Allen's performance seemed to have reached its end, and seeing no reaction from Ernest, he turned to leave, but not before throwing one last comment at me. "Ms. Hudson, he's just a stand-in. Don't fall for it again."

I ignored him, feeling a wave of relief as he left. My gaze returned to Ernest lying there; he was nobody's substitute, he was simply himself.

After a while, I leaned closer to him. "Ernest, they're all gone. You don't need to pretend anymore."

But there was no response. Thinking he was teasing me, I sneakily slipped my hand under the blanket and pinched him. "It's really just me now, no one else."

Still, no response came, and my heart began to race...

"Ernest, plea-" My words were abruptly cut off as he bit my lip, making my eyes widen in shock.

Ernest tugged gently at my lower lip before whispering, "Calling me out like that would've blown our cover."

him again, my hand still under his blanket. "That's for not responding

looked at me with deep affection. "I wanted to see how

That jerk...

I was when

panicked than now when I faked

claiming it contained him, it felt like my world had collapsed as if hit by a magnitude

then, so I just pinched him harder

"Licia, that

should know the pain I went through, all thanks

with bandages and a bloody drainage tube, I couldn't bring myself to be too harsh, and my grip loosened as I asked, "So, was

response didn't surprise me, but the beatings he took were

well," I said, half in pain

putting a sheep at risk,"

under his blanket, feeling the bare skin of his torso with every

beaten and kicked by those thugs, and now pinched and twisted by me, his act was indeed a painful ruse. "How long do you plan to

a few days," he

dealings at the Sapphire Lounge, I pressed, "Aren't you

people in place," Ernest assured me, revealing

established connections over the