Chapter 1013:

“You silly girl,” Ellis said bluntly.

Freya looked at him, unsure how to respond, waiting for him to continue.

“Even if we don’t get married,” he said, his voice calm and sincere, “none of it would be in vain. I did it because I wanted to. Because it makes me happy to care for you.”

Freya hesitated. “But…”

Ellis knew what she was thinking.

After a beat of silence, he tried to explain it in her language—business. “Love is like investing in something you believe in,” he said. “You don’t know if it’ll succeed, but you take the risk anyway. When you find something—or someone—worth pursuing, you give it everything you’ve got.”

She understood what he meant, but not completely.

From a rational perspective, she countered, “If a project has less than a fifty percent chance of success and requires major capital, I wouldn’t invest in it.”

ventures she fully understood.

people were unpredictable—impossible to

forgotten how Anita International got started?” Ellis asked, giving

said. “I understood that industry inside and out. That’s why I was

his fingers on the steering

example

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turned to her directly. “Then let me ask you this—why

was caught off guard

echoed in her mind, and she gave the same heartfelt

his voice a velvet ribbon

turned to face

didn’t sugarcoat a thing; his tone was even firmer this time. “To put it simply,

beat. It felt like time itself hit the brakes, leaving her frozen in place,

words weighed heavily, like they

my kindness feel like a burden,” Ellis said as he started the car, casting her a quick glance from the corner of his eye. “If I can’t manage the

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