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, wanting to settle down

question, his tone unruffled. “Or

averted her eyes, suddenly

“Freya.”

mean it.

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

blanked for a moment, caught off guard by his

exaggerated—Ellis really was impossible to

with a gentleness that sent

head, quick and

Not once had she ever

marriage at his age was

remember one thing,” he

seen him so serious

sincere. “If we ever get married, it’ll be because you want it—because it’s what you truly want. Not because of my age. Not because of any