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."
I pinched him again, my hand still under his blanket. "That's for not responding to me."
He looked at me with deep affection. "I wanted to see how worried you'd get for me."
That jerk...
Didn't he realize how terrified I was when I worried about him?
"I'm sorry," he murmured again. "Were you more panicked than now when I faked my death last time?"
Indeed, when Yolande handed me an urn, claiming it contained him, it felt like my world had collapsed as if hit by a magnitude twelve earthquake.
I couldn't articulate the pain I felt then, so I just pinched him harder under the blanket.
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