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."

hand still under his blanket. "That's for not responding to

affection. "I wanted to see how worried you'd

That jerk...

I was when I

murmured again. "Were you more panicked than now when I faked my death

when Yolande handed me an urn, claiming it contained him, it felt like my world had collapsed as if

the pain I felt then, so I just pinched him harder under

"Licia,

pain I went through,

bloody drainage tube, I couldn't bring myself to be too harsh, and my grip loosened as I asked, "So, was everything the doctor said adie? Is this tube real or...?"

the

your part well," I said, half in pain for him, half

without putting a sheep at risk," he quipped, earning another pinch from

warmth under his blanket, feeling the bare skin of

was indeed a painful ruse. "How long do you plan to keep this up? You can't pretend forever," I

few days," he replied

of the shady dealings at the Sapphire Lounge, I

place," Ernest

established connections over the