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.

with those bright, clear eyes of hers. “You do know

Ethan said quickly. Yeah. No. He’d had no

no way he could admit that, not in front of her. The last thing he needed

forcing a confident smile. “They were bored. Just figured I’d play along. Didn’t expect them to take it

gave him a long,

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

together, he had always thought she was interested in

anything else, just picked up the remote and turned

dim as you. Alyssa’s smarter than you, too.” He got under Ethan’s skin

This guy was relentless. One day. One day, he’d

she’s my future wife, so yeah—of course

smirked and added, “But does Freya know your nickname yet? Want me to give her a

“Go ahead.”

“Watch me.”

hung up, feeling like he