She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1042:

“What do you think, Freya?” Kendra turned to Freya, expecting backup.

Freya pressed her lips together and nodded slowly. “Honestly? You’ve got a point.”

Ellis let out a low chuckle.

Kendra shot him a look. “What’s funny?” Even angry, she maintained that graceful, composed air—like a poet calmly delivering a sharp line. “Did I say something wrong?”

Ellis didn’t answer. “I’ll go check the kitchen,” he said, slipping away before she could drag him into it.

As he walked out, he glanced at Freya for half a second.

Freya rubbed her nose, a little uneasy. Was he… annoyed?

Just as she was overthinking it, her phone buzzed—a custom notification. While Caldwell and Kendra were deep in conversation again, she peeked at her screen. It was a message from Ellis, which read, “Marriage isn’t as good as finding a soulmate, huh?”

typed back, “Don’t

now outside and leaning against a pillar, smirked as he typed back. “You’re baiting me. Waiting for me to say the wrong thing so you can show my mom and have her scold me,

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apologizing. “I got too worked up earlier. Tomorrow, let’s go shopping. I’ll buy you

like the bracelet Freya gave me,” Kendra said flatly. Then, adding, “Go see what

Caldwell said,

he spotted Ellis leaning against a pillar, casually scrolling

looked up as Caldwell

Not wanting Kendra to overhear,

of them chatted easily,

was genuinely Ellis’s girlfriend—not just

conversation in a different direction. “Can I

a knowing look. “Let me guess. Is