Ellen POV

“Look, Nathan, I’m serious. You don't need to be making all this effort just because you think it's the right thing to do, okay? Please stop that. This is all embarrassing for me; I can't just accept this house and pretend everything is fine,” I told him after he proposed that he wanted to buy a house for me and my daughter.

“But why are you saying this? My intentions are good…” he was starting to say, but at that moment, Grace and Olivia entered the room; and the two ...