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 a boat, the scene

scene, trying to skip past the

it,” Ellis said

to hear him. “You liked that

“I did.”

is your

direct? She fumbled with the remote, trying to dodge. “I already skipped it. If you really want to see it, you can rewind

comes next?” Ellis raised an

Freya nodded quickly.

teasing, no smirk, no sarcastic jab. That alone made

He’s letting this go too easily. That was

was overthinking it, the movie shifted

lead to sneak into hers later, clearly intending to finish what they’d started. The camera cut away just before things

the kind of scene

at him in disbelief. How was she supposed to know