She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1612:

Freya let out a breath, but a strange thought tugged at her again. “What if, years from now, some young girl shows up—someone who looks exactly like I did in my 20s?” Her brows furrowed as she voiced it. “Wouldn’t that tempt you?”

Ellis didn’t even hesitate. “No.”

“Why not?”

“Because I love you,” he said plainly, as if it were the simplest truth in the world. “Not who you were, not who you’ll become—just you. Always you.”

Freya pressed her lips together, letting the words sink in.

Part of her knew he meant it—had always meant it—yet her mind still tossed up scenarios she didn’t want to imagine.

She decided, after a quiet pause, that she’d simply been too idle lately. She needed to busy herself again. Find a project. Something to keep her from these aimless spirals.

ever found out she thought this way, he’d probably double down on showering her

him years of patient effort to slow her down—to

wrapping around her in a softer hold. “And

“Alright,” she said softly.

embrace. Maybe it was the tenderness in his words. But that night, Freya drifted off into

busy, wrapping each day in routines that kept her mind from wandering

made her understand why

perfect. When everything was going well—too well—her mind would stir up a

Complet3 c0nt3nt at g𝒶lnovels.𝓬𝗈𝗺

never let her drift too far into the chaos. His

it, winter break

the holidays in Jeucwell with Kristian, Freya and Ellis hadn’t signed them up for any extracurricular programs. They

was a ball of energy, skipping around the living room, her cheeks flushed with excitement. Her curls bounced as she