She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 379:

“Mina,” he called out, summoning the nerve just as she reached the stairs.

Ethel had once suggested that if he wanted to rebuild his relationship with Freya, he had to speak more often.

Freya paused, hand resting on the banister, and glanced down. “What is it?”

“Can we sit down and talk?” Hugh asked, cautiously, his face tinged with unease. “It’s been ages since we just talked or even watched TV together.”

Those words gave Freya pause.

Images of a younger Hugh sitting beside her during her childhood, trying to cook despite his utter lack of skill, surfaced in her mind. Despite the resentment simmering in her heart, she came back downstairs.

He had let her mother down, but he had still been a decent father. Seeing her come down, Hugh breathed a quiet sigh of relief, feeling that maybe—just maybe—Ethel’s advice had merit.

“There’s something I want to get your opinion on,” he said with a nervous twitch, pressing his lips together. “Should we formally announce your identity? If you’re okay with it, I could host a banquet and announce it then.”

ever happening again. His daughter deserved better than whispers behind

big show of it, but no need to keep

a shadow of disappointment

brilliant daughters. As they chatted about other things, a thought occurred to Hugh—something he had

“Is there something

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“There is,” Hugh admitted.

“What is it?”

Hugh faltered, his

speak it aloud, worried it might tear apart

this matter had

bluntly, “Are you planning to register your marriage with Vivien’s mother?” Hugh froze. How had she figured it

you know?” he

about her,” Freya said, holding back her emotions. Then, to Hugh’s shock, she added,

taken aback, his eyes wide,