She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1090:

Those words flipped everything she had believed.

“They were in love,” Ellis said firmly, more certain now than ever. “Your dad probably confused love with routine. Or maybe, like I said earlier, he was too afraid to admit it was love.”

An arranged marriage. Both of them had loved someone else at the start. In a setup like that, even if feelings grew, they might never be openly spoken.

“I’ll talk to your dad,” Ellis offered, his tone casual but certain. “Sometimes it’s easier for men to talk man-to-man. I’ll get you the answers you’re looking for.”

Freya nodded. “Okay.”

When they got back, they curled up together on the couch, a movie playing on the TV.

At first, they were both focused on the screen.

But as the movie unfolded, the atmosphere between them started to shift—growing warmer, more intimate, stirred by the scenes flickering before them.

male and female leads were kissing passionately on

the scene, trying

Ellis said

hear him.

“I did.”

is your gateway to

already skipped it. If you really want to

next?” Ellis raised an

Freya nodded quickly.

teasing, no smirk, no sarcastic jab.

out of the corner of her eye. He’s letting this go too easily. That

the movie shifted into

the leads had gone to their own rooms—only for the male lead to sneak into hers later, clearly intending to finish what they’d started. The camera cut away just before things went too far. Ellis’s

kind of scene

in disbelief. How was she supposed