She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1061:

Was Ethan this foolish?

Across town, Ethan was in full-on panic mode. What the hell had he just sent?

While he was still kicking himself, his phone buzzed with a new message. “Brains are great—too bad you’ve never had any.” Ethan called him instantly.

Ellis picked up, sounding perfectly bored.

“You knew?” Ethan demanded, half-shouting. “This whole time?!”

“Come on,” Ellis said coolly. “Who else would do something that stupid?” The blow landed hard. Then he added, just to twist the knife, “Maybe I should talk to Alyssa. Convince her to think twice before committing.”

“Why?” Ethan snapped.

“You know. Intelligence is hereditary. You really wanna pass that on?”

“Shit!” Ethan was ready to throw his phone.

on the couch next to him, looked over with those bright, clear

said quickly. Yeah. No. He’d had no

of her. The last thing he needed was Alyssa thinking he was actually as dumb as Ellis made

knew,” he added, forcing a confident smile. “They were bored. Just figured I’d play along. Didn’t expect them

him a long,

enough to know the truth. He wasn’t completely hopeless… but sometimes

had always thought

just picked up

Ellis kept landing punches over text. “Don’t assume everyone’s as dim as you. Alyssa’s smarter than you, too.”

stared at the screen, fuming. This guy was relentless. One day. One day, he’d get him

with a snarky reply. “Well, she’s my

does Freya know your nickname yet? Want

“Go ahead.”

“Watch me.”

like he finally had the upper