Female Novel
Chapter 1479
"I'm not kidding." Maria was defenseless when she was teased by Leah. "Seriously, do you haveany feelings for Ernest?"
"What do you think?" Leah responded.
"I just wanted to ask you."
"He brings out the impulsive side in me." Leah answered seriously. "I wanted him as soon as I sawhim."
Maria felt like Leah was hardly the type of person to make these kinds of jokes, and she couldn't tellif Leah was being genuine. She gave it a bit of thought and felt a little off.
There was something fishy about Leah's reaction.
"Liam made a bet with me saying you wouldn't be honest with me about your feelings. I opposedand said you would, but it seems like his guess was right," Maria sighed. "Leah, I thought we werefriends, I really want to help you. Do you not trust me? Is that why you're not being open with me?"
Leah instantly burst into laughter and shook her head. "Maybe there was something wrong with mytone. Do you think I'm joking?"
"Were you not?" Maria was surprised.
"It's the truth, Ernest is really my type. I'm really attracted to him, but what does it all mean? I don'teven know how he feels."
Leah put on a sober expression. "But you don't have to help me. If I need you, I'll call for you. I'vebeen reflecting on something these past few days, and I've come to my conclusion. I like Ernest."
"What you said just now, I really thought you were still joking with me." Maria was shocked by herresponse. "So, you actually like Ernest."
"Yes, I do." Leah admitted carefreely.
Maria was left stunned. She looked at Leah in disbelief. "Were you really not joking when you saidthat? You seriously have feelings for Ernest?"
Leah laughed again. "You usually appear as a clever person, has your IQ dropped to zero aftergetting together with Liam? You don't believe me when I'm telling the truth and you doubt me when Imake a joke, what am I supposed to do?"
"It's because your answer was so frank I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It was too easy gettingyou to talk." Maria's face was plastered with skepticism.
"You're trying to wrangle the information out of me. I want to be truthful to you as a friend, and I'lldefinitely need your help in the future as well. I still need a little more info on Ernest's thoughts, but Ican't say for sure I know what feelings he holds in his heart. But you have to promise me to keepthis a secret, you can't pester him about any of this until I've confessed. Don't do anything else,understand?"
Leah expressed her thoughts earnestly and confessed to Maria about her true feelings.
She knew this was an obstacle that no one could help her with, she could only rely on herself.
"Oh my god, I'm touched by you. Okay, I understand your feelings." Maria could finally trust Leah'swords.
"It's not as complicated as you think," Leah smiled and said calmly. "It's easy to spot the rightperson."
"Leah, I'll do whatever you need me to do. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on my cousin while we're inEngland. If there's any trouble, I'll definitely let you know."
"That's the spirit." Leah nodded. "That's exactly what I need. I don't need anything else, you justneed to keep him in check and ensure that he stays single."
"No problem." Maria said. "Ernest doesn't really take the initiative, so if anything happens I'm boundto figure it out."
"I'm only afraid that because he doesn't take the initiative, it'll be harder to know what he's thinking."That was a factor Leah was concerned about.
"I'll keep him in my sights," Maria promised.
"Thank you."
"Don't mention it." Maria shook her head. "Then, shall we go back now? They must be waiting insuspense."
"Let's use the toilet first before we go back." Leah pointed in the direction of the restroom. "We'dgive ourselves away if we actually need to use it later."
"But I'm afraid I'll feel guilty when I head back."
"What's there to be guilty of? If you really feel guilty just laugh it off. I have a crush on someone buteven I'm able to not show it. Why should you feel guilty?"
"That's true." Maria nodded in consideration. "Alright, I'll do as you say, dear cousin-in-law."
Leah was a little flustered from being referred to as cousin- in- law. She blushed and said, "Stopcalling me that, wait until I'm actually your cousin-in-law, then you can say it all you want."
"Haha, someone's shy."
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Leah said in response. "Since I've taken a liking to him, you haveto give it your all to make sure he's mine,
there's no room for me to be shy."
"I'll be rooting for you!."
The two of them laughed together. After going to the toilet, they walked back with smiles on theirfaces. They opened the door to see the men on their faces with somber expressions, and theirsmiles widened at the sight.
Both Ernest and Liam looked at the two girls in confusion. "What did they do out there? Why arethey laughing like this?"
Maria didn't say anything and sat next to Liam with a big smile on her face.
In typical Leah fashion, she asked unashamedly, "Why hasn't the food been served yet? I'mhungry."
Ernest was surprised and looked at Leah. "You didn't have breakfast, did you?"
"No, I didn't eat anything," said Leah. "I don't usually eat breakfast either, I'll just have somemidnight snacks tonight."
"It's not healthy to have snacks at night." Ernest replied coolly.
"Oh. please." Leah turned her head and asked Ernest with a smile, "Ernest, why do you care somuch about my snacking habits?"
Her words made Ernest's eyebrows shoot up. He took a composed look at Leah, and then shiftedhis gaze to Maria and Liam. All of them had indescribable expressions.
He smiled and said, "It's just a bit of advice. Of course, it's up to you whether you choose to followor not."
"Thank you for the advice," Leah said. "I'm single, and time passes slowly at night. If I don't have aboyfriend and I don't allow myself some late-night snacks, how am I supposed to live?"
"Haha!" Maria laughed out loud.
Liam couldn't hold in his laughter as well. Witnessing Leah's over the top responses easily induceda laugh out of people.
Ernest, however, felt a little embarrassed by what she said.
His gaze fell on Leah. After a few beats, he asked, "Does the satisfaction of having a midnightsnack make up for the dissatisfaction of not having a boyfriend?"
Leah wanted to collapse at that very moment.
Liam and Maria were laughing. Maria leaned her head on Liam's shoulders and couldn't stop herown shoulders from shaking.
Leah coughed lightly and said, "Don't you know that people only desire two things in their life?"
Ernest frowned and thought of what it could be and made his own verdict.
"What are the two desires?" Maria asked with a smile.
"Warmth and lust. You and Mr. Celebrity are already secured in those two departments, so you don'tneed to think about anything else. But for me, the only pleasure I have is in eating." Leah said
contemplatively.
The corner of Ernest's mouth was outlined with a smile, and there was a hint of powerlessness onhis face.
He knew that Leah was different from the rest.
At that moment, the waiters arrived with their dishes.
Leah immediately flipped her behavior and transformed into a glutton.
The sight of her eating was infectious, and it made everyone hungry for another serving.
They dined in an enjoyable atmosphere. Leah would crack a few funny harmless jokes from time totime, and none of them could resist their laughter.
After the meal, Liam paid the bill discreetly.
Ernest felt cheated. "Didn't I say I would treat?"
"You can treat us next time," Liam said with a smile. "Maria and I will be leaving first. You can
send Leah home."
Leah looked at Ernest with a giggle and said, "Sorry for troubling you, Ernest."
Ernest gazed at her.novelbin
As they left the restaurant, Leah patted her stomach and said, "I'm so full, I'm going to take a walk.Do you want to head to the downtown market with me while our food digests?"
"The downtown market?" Ernest was willing to tag along. "Well, I have nothing else to do. I'll go withyou."
"Then let's go!"
They headed off to the downtown market together. The downtown market had a theme of natureand was a popular destination for girls in particular, not to appreciate the flora and fauna, but tobrowse the independent stalls selling handcrafted goods and little trinkets.
Leah, however, had different plans. She wanted to see the turtles.
She was fascinated by every single turtle stall.
Ernest was astonished. "If you like turtles you can always buy one."
"I do like them," Leah said, "but I don't want to raise one. I'm just just kind of envious of turtles.They're extremely slow, oh so lazy, and they live a long life."