She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 985:

Before she could react, his lips met hers in a soft, lingering kiss.

Freya pressed her palms against Ellis’s chest, her cheeks tinted a soft pink. “You’re pulling a fast one.”

His lips curled into a sly grin, a dare flickering in his eyes. “I am. What are you going to do about it?”

She stared at him, momentarily at a loss. This man was impossible—every bit as cunning as a fox and twice as infuriating.

He leaned in, his breath warm against her ear, his voice lazy but magnetic. “Try joking about breaking up with me again, and I won’t just stop at a kiss. I’ll make sure you’re mine for life—you’ll never shake me off.”

Her thoughts snagged on his words, veering off track. “You’re talking about marriage?”

Ellis arched a brow, his gaze steady and unreadable, silently prompting her to go on.

She hesitated, choosing her words carefully. “Is this because your family’s pushing you, or…”

all, he was thirty. At his age,

her unfinished question, his tone unruffled. “Or

She averted her

“Freya.”

mean it.

𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙮

mouth as he saw straight through her. “You think my family’s hounding me to

a moment, caught off guard by

Riley hadn’t exaggerated—Ellis really was

gentleness

her head, quick and certain.

she ever thought of Ellis as

marriage at his age was understandable, especially with his family nudging

and warmth. “I want you to remember one thing,” he

through her. She’d never seen him so

want it—because it’s what you truly want. Not because of my age. Not