She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1444:

He hesitated again, then gave a small nod.

“Normally, parents wouldn’t want their daughter to marry someone from a complicated family background,” Freya admitted, steady and calm. “But if the man’s exceptional—then it’s different.”

Exceptional meant everything: career, integrity, character. And Melvin had already proven himself on all counts.

“If background is all that’s bothering you, let it go,” Freya continued. “You’ve built a life that stands on its own. You can give her something solid.”

“My family, they weren’t good people,” Melvin confessed, the words cutting deeper than he expected.

“For some, marriage is about two families,” Freya said. “But with you and Jessica, it can be about just you two.”

scare her. Even if they married, not

marry into her family,”

blinked, caught off guard. “Marry into

Freya nodded, entirely serious.

silent, thinking harder than he

said, steady and

at her, the calm usually in his eyes replaced by something

have to tell me if you

Now that they know I’m doing well, they won’t stop showing up.” He let out a sharp breath. “I don’t want Jessica dragged into

asked, surprised

to reject Jessica. But his family was a mess. If his parents ever found out he married someone rich, it

that ugliness. And he definitely didn’t want her family being laughed