She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 791:

How could a boy ask a girl that? It had been painfully awkward.

He wanted to deny ever knowing Ellis if anyone brought that story up.

When the girl heard Ellis’s question, she’d said instinctively, “Shouldn’t boys protect girls?”

“I’m not like them. I only like people who can defeat me and protect me.”

That was Ellis’s infamous reply. Locke remembered every word of it. And the sheer deadpan delivery made it even worse. It was absolutely mortifying.

“Finish your tasks first—then we’ll talk,” Ellis said, giving nothing away.

Locke was speechless.

Just as he’d suspected, Ellis was as cryptic as ever.

“Is the woman stronger than you?” Locke tried a different tactic. “Does she have eight-pack abs, biceps like rocks, and bench presses cars? Could she toss you over her shoulder?”

replying. What kind of nonsense was

the silence as confirmation, his imagination running wild.

side by side? He would look like a fragile husband

begin to guess how Ellis’s parents

cut in sharply. “Don’t overthink. Fail

done!” Locke’s

call, he immediately passed the

half an hour

𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 —

Ellis received a video

greeting, the couple exchanged loaded glances, and Caldwell finally blurted, “You brat,

Ellis replied, suspecting it had

asked, cutting straight to the point.

had texted, Caldwell had already blocked him, and Kendra

arched a brow slightly, but didn’t bother denying it.

Kendra hesitated. “The woman you’re chasing—does she really like what

“What did he say?”