She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 910:

He’d planned to spill his feelings once Kristian’s mess was sorted, but since she seemed to have sniffed out his old tricks, he figured now was as good a time as any to lay it all bare.

“Remember the first time you saw that car?” Ellis said, easing her into it.

Freya didn’t miss a beat. “At the Russell family’s garage.”

“Bingo.” Ellis spun his chair around, leaning its back against the desk, now facing her squarely.

Freya hesitated for a second.

Before she could stand, he planted his hands on the armrests of her chair, boxing her in.

The air crackled with closeness, the space between them shrinking fast.

Freya’s heart kicked into overdrive, her usual cool-headedness blown to bits. “Captain…”

“Call me Ellis.”

now.” Ellis bit back a

fine. He

lay it all out,” he said, cutting to the chase. “You ready?”

faint tension from before

low and steady. “Freya, I really like

slipping

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ground, watching every flicker of her expression, ready to pivot if she showed even a

wasn’t here

after a beat, genuinely

gentle. “Out of all the wonders in the world, you’re the

“I’ve been married.”

“I know.”

chitchat. Life with me

show; it doesn’t need to be

got to

“I’ll pitch in.”