Chapter 283 Unsaid Words

Ella

As we pulled up to the lookout point, the dazzling city lights sprawled out beneath us like a twinkling tapestry.

The vastness of the view was breathtaking, and I felt a small shiver run down my spine, not from the cold, but from the sheer beauty of it all. Logan parked the car and turned off the ignition. The silence of the night was only punctuated by the faint hum of the city below.

“Come on,” he whispered, gesturing for me to follow. We clambered onto the hood of the car, the cool metal pressing into my legs, and sat side by side, staring out at the shimmering skyline.

The vast city lights stretched out before us, flickering in a rhythmic dance of night. It felt as if we were suspended between two worlds-the serenity of the elevated viewpoint and the bustling city below.

“It looks so small from up here,” I murmured, my fingers absentmindedly tracing patterns on the cool metal of the car hood beneath us. “But when I’m in it, it feels endless.”

Logan chuckled softly, his eyes crinkling with amusement. “Big cities have that effect. What was your home city like?”

back to earlier days. “I grew up in a penthouse in

penthouse?” Logan asked. I nodded, smiling at the memory. “Yes, right across the street. We went there all of the time. Many afternoons were

together. It was back when Moana was still my nanny. She took me across the street to a little farmer’s market, and bought me a yellow stuffed

looking out at the distant horizon.

breath, I nodded. “Yeah, she isn’t my biological mom. And, yes, she was

a one night stand.” He waited, giving me the

a mother to me than my biological mother ever was. She’s filled our

smile played on Logan’s lips. “She

dearly. She’s the reason I believe in

for a moment, then his voice broke through the night, softer than I’d ever heard it. “You’re very pretty when you

creep up my cheeks, making me thankful for the dim lighting.

the sleek machine we were perched on. “This is a really nice car,” I remarked, trailing my fingers along

palpable, yet it also held an underlying tension, like an unsaid secret

saving up for my first car-this car. And as soon as

him,

sounding somewhat apprehensive. I frowned, unsure if I should pry, but curiosity got the better of me.

spoke, his voice was low, as if he was sharing a heavy secret. “It wasn’t a good way to

aback. “What do you

me, his blue eyes intense. “You grew up with both-money and a loving family. I always thought you get one or the other. But never both. I got

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