She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 938:

Freya hesitated.

How did the conversation shift to his competence all of a sudden?

“You don’t have to face everything with your guard up, or fix everything alone.” Ellis let go of her cheek, his voice dropping into a soft, lazy drawl. “You’re not on your own. You’ve got me.”

Freya pressed her lips together. She was used to doing it all on her own.

“I want to be someone you can depend on,” Ellis said, his words slow and measured.

Freya’s eyes met his, and for a moment, she saw herself reflected in their depths. After a pause, she murmured, “I’ll try.”

“Rely on your boyfriend a little more,” Ellis said, ruffling her hair. “It’ll help us bond, you know.”

Freya looked faintly embarrassed.

smile tugged at Ellis’s lips. Back when they first met, she had been so much more spirited, her

everything bottled up. It was the scars from her past relationship—people who’ve been hurt often bury their real selves deep. He’d give her the

room spinning around him. Half-conscious, he cracked open

first, Alan couldn’t have

he glanced around, it was like a jolt of

takes you to

from the bed and threw a wild swing at Ellis. “You creep! Were you the one

Ellis had reflexes and skills that left them all in

attack? Child’s play

barked, his voice

pinched the bridge of her nose. Alan was doing

I’ll send you flying,” Alan growled, still half in

a look over. “Is

introduced them? How’d he

how to

her, reached with