She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 965:

Freya blinked, caught completely off guard.

Seriously—Ellis, the billionaire, really just said that?

Claire felt the sting of disappointment settle in her chest.

Ellis… a gold-digger? Was that even possible?

“Isn’t your family pretty well-off?” she asked, her voice laced with quiet doubt.

“That doesn’t mean I’m rolling in it too,” Ellis replied with an easy calm; his tone smooth and unbothered. “I’d much rather stay with my girlfriend and be her ‘kept man’ than go back and inherit the family fortune.”

Claire’s brow creased ever so slightly, as if she were truly seeing him for the very first time.

She stood there, silent, caught in a moment of hesitation, the words she wanted to say escaping her.

“If there’s nothing else, we’ll be going,” Ellis said coolly, satisfied with the weight his words had carried, offering no intention of explaining further.

her lips into a tight line, her eyes fixed on

believed him.

Freya was truly the daughter of the chairman of Briggs Group, Ellis could easily live in

managing it. Staying with Freya just meant

a

the couch to watch some TV while he headed to the

now on

“I’ll do it.”

you supposed to be leeching off

let out a soft laugh. With a faint

wanted to spend forever by your

blinked and

subtle note of command in his voice. “The kitchen is my turf,

to at least help wash the vegetables or do something small. But Ellis wouldn’t

hands were for signing contracts. Cooking was his

chance of changing his mind, Freya stepped back and asked, “Why did you say all that to Claire? Aren’t you afraid she’ll

glanced over. “Wrong