She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1088:

Taking in the pile of expensive items, Hugh gestured for them to take a seat.

At first, conversation was thin on the ground.

Hugh wanted to break the ice but realized it wasn’t the right moment to dive into anything heavy. In the end, he decided to get lunch started instead.

During the meal, the talk was polite but kept at arm’s length. Hugh threw out questions, and Ellis fielded them naturally.

The atmosphere had an edge of awkwardness. To be more precise, the awkwardness existed only in Hugh’s head.

“Ellis, can we have a word in the study?” Hugh asked after the meal, cutting through the silence. He genuinely wanted to clear the air. “There are some things I’d like to hash out with you privately.”

Freya was ready to jump in. Whatever needed saying could be said right here. But Ellis chose to follow Hugh to the study.

Before stepping inside, he shot Freya a quick text, saying, “It’s just a chat. Don’t worry.”

glanced at the message, then at the closed study door, a cocktail of emotions swirling inside her that she couldn’t

worried about

“Not really.”

wasn’t worried. She knew Hugh wouldn’t throw a wrench into her relationship with Ellis. It was just that she wasn’t used to this kind of behind-closed-doors, private

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percent in your corner when it comes to you and Ellis,” Ethel reassured her, whether Freya needed it or not. “While you were away,

acknowledgment, but her mind

where it didn’t belong or give Ellis a hard time, yet she couldn’t shake

the study, thirty minutes later, Hugh and Ellis had already covered several

polite, humble, and steady as a rock. “You have my word — I’ll take good care

a mile wide,” Hugh said, knowing his daughter inside and out. “In certain

lose sleep over it,” Ellis

her habit of overthinking, and every

genuine sincerity, Hugh felt a weight lift off his shoulders. His daughter had found someone who was worth her salt. He finally felt