VeryNovelChapter 1089: "Not staying for dinner?" "Not now, please." Hugh didn't twist her arm. After all, they could get together anytime. No point in pushing it.
Once they hit the road, Freya settled into the passenger seat and asked Ellis, "What did my dad bend your ear about?" She'd been cooling her heels downstairs for ages. When the study door stayed shut tight, she couldn't help but creep upstairs, though the soundproofing kept her in the dark about their conversation.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"He toldto take good care of you and shared sstories about your mom," Ellis replied honestly. He'd been looking for the right moment to help her work through sof her unresolved feelings. "He opened up about your family's history." Freya paused, her eyes dropping.
At a red light, he turned to study her face. "Do you really buy into the idea that your parents' marriage was nothing but a cold business arrangement?” "Yes." Her answer cquick as lightning, almost reflexive. She could still hear Hugh's words echoing in her head from back then, along with the sting they'd left behind.
"I'm not buying it," Ellis said, his voice steady but convincing.
Freya swiveled to look at him.
Ellis began to spell it out. "Maybe they didn't love each other at first. But somewhere along the way, your parents fell head over heels for each other." Exclusive stories galnovдl"No." This was always a raw nerve for Freya. "My dad laid it out plain as day-there was no love lost between him and my mom." "Over time, love and routine can get tangled up, making it tough to sort one from the other,” Ellis said, his tone gentle but unwavering. "A man who doesn't love his wife couldn't keep up a peaceful, happy front for so many years without it showing." Freya felt something shift inside her chest, and she found herself drawn to his words.
"When you're head over heels for someone, you can't hide it," Ellis continued. "If your dad claimed there was no love, maybe he couldn't put his finger on what it was, or maybe he was too scared to face the music." Relationships can be straightforward or a tangled mess. Freya's parents were clearly the latter.
"Look back at how they were together, those small everyday moments. You'll see what I mean," Ellis said gently. "A marriage that runs on love creates genuine happiness. You can't fake that kind of magic for years on end." The cracks would have shown eventually if it had all been smoke and mirrors.
With Freya's eagle eye for detail, she would have spotted a performance from a mile away.
If she hadn't picked up on any red flags, it could only mean one thing-it wasn't an act. It was the real deal.
Freya let her mind wander back through the years. What surfaced were snapshots of her parents' m sweet, harmonious life together. They rarely butted heads, and even raised voices were few and far between. She would have sworn they were madly in love if Hugh hadn't dropped that bombshell on her. Thinking back on everything, Freya felt the shattered pieces of her world slowly starting to fit back together.
She turned to Ellis, her voice quieter but more thoughtful. "When my dad toldabout him and my mom, asked why he drowned himself in alcohol after she passed. He said... even though their marriage wasn't full of passion, what they had over the years was real. Their companionship meant something."
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