She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 931:

“You’re the one I care about most. My one and only,” Ellis said sincerely. “The best gift I’ve ever received was yesterday, when you said yes to my confession.”

“Then why didn’t you just say you liked it? Why call it ‘alright’?” Freya’s heart finally settled.

“My bad,” Ellis admitted, not bothering to make excuses. “I was trying to be playful… didn’t think it through.”

“No exes? Really?”

“None.”

Freya fell quiet. It wasn’t the existence of exes that bothered her. What truly hurt was the thought of being compared to them—worse, being second to them.

If this had been Kristian, she’d have fired back without a second thought. But this was Ellis.

her boyfriend. He had

few jabs with Cade about how I’m destined to stay single forever—ring a bell?” Ellis

take things this way. Mostly because they’d talked about it before. He figured the whole team knew he’d never dated anyone, but it hadn’t occurred to him that Freya, with everything she’d been through, might forget now and

hesitated, her lips parting slightly but no words

she remembered. Back then, Greta and Riley used to tease about whether Ellis was always single because he was too obsessed with work or because he intimidated anyone who dared

been there. She’d heard

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spiraled toward the worst possible assumption, conveniently skipping over the fact that he’d always been thoroughly unattached. Now that she thought about it, she realized how completely off-base her anger

for a beat,

reason to stress over whatever’s haunting you. I’ve never had an ex,

I’m the one who’s

make sure you felt unshakably confident.” The slight curve of Ellis’s lips held a warmth so rich it bordered on indulgence. “I want everyone to see

been one for romantic lines; they usually made her cringe. But

told herself that a sense of security had to come from within. Yet in this moment, she realized it could be something