EuropeNovelChapter 1131: He raised an eyebrow and responded with ease, "Oh yeah?" "Yes," Freya said with a nod, her expression unreadable.
"Then go on, tell me," Ellis challenged, assuming she was bluffing, a knowing smirk playing at the corners of his maddeningly attractive lips. "What's my nickname?" "You sure you wantto say it?" "Yeah." "Ella." Freya blurted it out before she could think better of it.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtKendra had once let it slip that Ellis loathed that nickname. After he turned five, he'd banned everyone from using it—and had even ended up in a scuffle with Ethan over it.
A flicker cracked through Ellis's usually laid-back composure. It was gone almost as soon as it appeared.
His eyes looked normal, but something about him had shifted. There was a strange weight in the air when he said, his voice a touch heavier than usual, "Can't believe my mom really told you that." "Yeah." Freya nodded, watching him closely for any sign of his mood. "She said she always wanted a daughter, so she gave you a girl's nas a nickname." Ellis pinched the bridge of his nose, his lips twisting into a smile that gave nothing away. "Typical Mom. How could she have spilled that secret to Freya without even asking me?" "You still hate that nickname?" Freya met his gaze, her eyes soft with concern.
"I used to hate it. Now, not so much." Ellis didn't lie. He reached over and ruffled her hair, his tone lightening. "If it's you callingthat, I don't mind." Freya pressed her lips together, feeling a pang of guilt.
Maybe she'd pushed the joke a little too far. If the tables were turned, she knew she wouldn't want anyone teasing her about something she genuinely disliked.
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“I mean, it's just a harmless joke. Ella is a cute name. No one would think of you as a girl." Freya searched for the right words. Deep down, she decided that no matter how much Ellis teased her in the future, she wouldn't call him that again.
"If you like it, go ahead. It's not off-limits." Ellis tapped her lightly on the head and added, “I hated it simply because of Ethan." Freya blinked in surprise. Ethan? There was a story behind this? She asked, "What did he do?"
"After he found out my mom occasionally calledElla, he went out of his way to get a dog and m named it Ella, too.” Ellis could still E!!! recall the fury he'd felt as a kid. “Back then, I had a short fuse, so my solution was simple-just beat him up." Freya paused. Suddenly, it all made sense.
"What about now?" She recalled that Ethan and Ellis seemed to get along pretty well these days.
"Now he wouldn't dare-he's afraid I'll get him back," Ellis said with awity grin as the memory resurfaced. "That dog's long dead anyway."
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