I'm the Obsession of My Cold-Hearted Ex novel Chapter 229

Chapter 229 Mixed Signals.

Finished

Ellis didn’t catch Morty’s reason for asking, and Maya signaled for her to move her bowl forward to make room for the barbecue stick she was preparing

After shifting her bowl and leisurely finishing her beef roll, Maya responded. “Eating, let’s not talk now”

Having already thanked him, there was no need for further conversation with Morty. She ended the call and dove into her meal with gusto.

On the other end of the line, Morty mentally cursed Victoria.

She was more trouble than she was worth, messing up her own schemes and now interfering with his plans.

As they ate their barbecue, which usually required them to cook their own food, Maya asked while grilling. “Morty called you again, what did he say?”

“Just some unimportant stuff.” Ellis couldn’t be bothered with Morty, enjoying the barbecue was far more important than chatting with him.

Victoria’s acting fabid, you be careful not to give her a chance to strike at you!” Maya was committed to escorting Ellis to and from work in the short term, but her job wouldn’t allow it long term.

Ellis pressed her throbbing temples

She hadn’t told Maya yet that Victoria was arranging for someone to hit her behind the scenes.

It seemed like Victoria wouldn’t rest until she had retaliated. Then again, Morty had tipped her off about it.

Considering Morty’s tip–off came first, and today he stopped Victoria from hitting her, it could be that he was breaking ties. with Victoria as he had claimed.

What had Victoria done to make him question her character after so many years as childhood friends; perhaps it was a sudden realization. Additionally. Morty’s behavior in front of her might have been driven by some hidden agenda.

Looking at it from every angle, it didn’t seem like Morty was acting on Victoria’s behalf to her detriment

After pondering for a while, Ellis thought that ‘peculiar and ‘strange hardly sufficed to describe Morty’s actions.

Seeing Ellis deep in thought, Maya asked, “What’s on your mind?”

“Just trying to figure out what kind of person Morty really is.”

People are multifaceted, and emotions are biased. Morty was becoming increasingly enigmatic, wrapped in layers of mystery. that made others want to peel them back to see his true self.

“Two–faced person, like you said, Maya added some tripe to her bowl.

Ellis raised an eyebrow, “Two–faced person.”

“What else could it be? He pretends to be polite, but it’s unreliable.”

If Maya hadn’t seen Morty directly mocking Ellis and playing those perry schoolyard bully games, she might have been fooled by his decorum, mistaking him for a well–mannered second–generation.

“He hasn’t been sarcastic lately, Ellis put down her fork. “If he and Victoria were scheming, he wouldn’t have stopped Victoria just now; he would have let her slap me, right?”

“Are you touched because Morty blocked the slap?”

Maya, puzzled, said, “You were saying we should stay away from Morty and Easton, and now you’re analyzing Morty? Is this

Maya’s words abruptly squashed Ellis’s curiosity.

After filling up, they headed home. Maya immediately rushed to shower, unable to stand the dirty clothes and the lingering. smell of barbecue, while Ellis, still feeling full, wasn’t in a rush to bathe.