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

made more than a few jabs with Cade about how I’m destined to stay single forever—ring

Freya to take things this way. Mostly because they’d talked about it before. He figured the whole team knew he’d never dated anyone,

parting slightly but

and Riley used to tease about whether Ellis was always single

She’d heard every

the r3zt

the moment Ellis had casually brought up “first love” earlier, her mind had spiraled toward the worst possible assumption, conveniently skipping over the fact that he’d always been thoroughly unattached.

words for a beat, then decided to say

it, gently ruffling her hair with his broad palm. “There’s no reason to stress over whatever’s haunting you. I’ve never had an ex, and even if I did, I’d

I’m the

more, and make sure you felt unshakably confident.” The slight curve of Ellis’s lips held a warmth so

lines; they usually made her cringe. But right now, the warmth blooming

a sense of security had to come from within. Yet in this moment, she realized it