She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 959:

“I’m the boss. I have to lead by example,” she replied earnestly.

Ellis tapped her forehead lightly. “And leading by example means I’m the one who has to fall on the sword?”

Freya pressed her lips together, unsure how to respond. She knew it was another trap. She wasn’t walking into that one.

“Seriously? Do I really have to resign?” Ellis asked Melvin, careful not to direct the question at Freya, knowing full well she had forgotten the rule.

“If you can keep things professional at work and stop the PDA, I can keep it under wraps for now,” Melvin said coolly. “You don’t have to leave the company if you agree to that.”

Ellis gave it some thought and figured he could manage that.

That afternoon, Melvin went over the weekly schedule with Freya. Once finished, he hesitated before asking, “Can I ask you something?”

“Go ahead.”

Ellis, or did he go

with all the courage in the world, she wouldn’t have dared to make the first move on

asking me that?” Freya

treating you well?” Melvin’s usual coolness gave way to genuine concern, his

a small smile. “Yes, he

got together, she never imagined Ellis had such

is where

was the real deal. So he went to

approached him. He’d seen the way Melvin looked after Freya at work—attentive, sharp, covering every detail like the

Melvin’s

Ellis nodded.

the door behind him.

do you love about

her for who

because of the

“No.”