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?”

lucky, I quess, I began, my mind drifting back to earlier days. “I grew up in a penthouse in a beautiful part of the city. I had my own room, with this big

right across the street. We went there all of the time. Many afternoons

my childhood, before Daisy was born and before Moana and my dad got together. It was back when Moana was still my nanny. She

had that duck. It was sitting on my bedside table back at my apartment. Logan seemed to absorb my words, looking out at the distant horizon. After a moment, he turned to

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

He waited, giving me the space to continue or not. I appreciated

biology. Moana has been more of a mother to me than my biological mother ever was. She’s filled our

on Logan’s lips. “She must be someone

each other dearly. She’s the reason

the night, softer than I’d ever heard it.

thankful for

a change in topic, I turned my attention to the sleek machine we were perched on. “This is a really nice car,”

yet it also held an underlying tension, like an unsaid secret just waiting to be

you could say that,” Logan began, his voice contemplative. “As soon as I was old enough, I began saving up for my first car-this car. And as soon as I was able to drive, I bought it and never looked back. I’ve always loved cars, ever since I was a kid. They’ve been… an escape

at him,

his jaw clenching slightly. “From my home life,” he murmured, sounding somewhat apprehensive. I frowned, unsure if I should pry, but curiosity got

low, as if he was sharing a heavy secret. “It wasn’t a good

taken aback.

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 the money part, sure, but the

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