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?”

sighed, leaning back on my hands and letting the cool night air wash over me. “I was lucky, I quess, I began, my mind drifting back to earlier days. “I grew up 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 spent there, with Moana. and my little sister. We’d have picnics beneath the willow trees, chase butterflies, and just… be. Those

particularly fond memory from my childhood, before Daisy was born and before Moana and my dad got together. It was back when Moana was still my nanny. She took me across the

sitting on my bedside table back at my apartment. Logan seemed to absorb my words, looking out at the

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

sister was the product of a one night stand.” He waited, giving me the space to continue

don’t really care about biology. Moana has been more of a mother to me than my biological

on Logan’s lips. “She must be

my heart full of gratitude. “We love each other dearly. She’s the reason I believe in

than I’d ever heard it. “You’re very pretty when you

thankful for the dim lighting. “Thank you,”

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

serenity of the moment was palpable, yet it also held an underlying tension, like an unsaid secret just waiting to

as I was old enough, I began saving up for my first car-this car. And as soon as I

him, intrigued. “An escape

his jaw clenching slightly. “From my home life,” he murmured, sounding somewhat apprehensive. I frowned, unsure if I should pry, but curiosity got the better of me. “Was it that

a heavy secret. “It wasn’t a good way to grow up,” he

taken aback. “What do

grew up with both-money and a loving family. I always thought you get one or the other.

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