Chapter 1039:

“You don’t believe me?”

“I do.”

Ellis lifted a brow, momentarily taken aback by her answer.

Freya spoke again, her voice solemn. “I’m too smart. Even if you tried to lie to me, I’d see right through you.”

A flicker of amusement danced in Ellis’s eyes.

What a thing to say. He had absolutely no comeback.

The rest of the day, the two of them were practically glued to each other.

As evening settled in, Freya made up an excuse to step out for a quick errand. She knew Ellis well enough to guess what he was planning—he’d most likely take her straight to his parents’ place the next day, leaving her no window to buy gifts. She wasn’t about to hand that responsibility over to her bodyguards either.

That was exactly what Ellis had in mind. To him—and to his parents—her presence alone was more than enough. They had

The next morning arrived.

ready in a quick and quiet flurry and stepped out of

keys and moved to unlock the car, but before he could slip into the driver’s seat, Freya stopped him.

a word, he

meant my car,” Freya clarified, pulling out her own keys. “Ever since we

stories

replied, tucking his keys back into his

and went to pull her car out of the

they were on the road, not long after leaving the villa behind, Ellis—leaning back in

“What?”

“The car.”

Freya feigned innocence,

truth, all the gifts she had bought the night before were stashed inside the trunk. If she didn’t drive

to pry further. He’d already figured out enough.

“Okay,” Freya murmured.

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