She Took The House The Car And My Heart

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.”

to ventures she fully understood. But Ellis’s investment… was in

were unpredictable—impossible to

started?”

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

the steering

his example didn’t

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light, he turned to her directly. “Then let me ask you this—why were you so good to me back

caught off

exchange echoed in her mind, and she gave the same heartfelt answer as before. “Because

his voice a velvet ribbon of

turned to

the one I’d put everything on the line for—whether I win or lose.” He didn’t sugarcoat a

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

words weighed heavily, like they carried the

let 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