Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Call Me By My

Name

When Freya caught sight of the person standing behind her, she froze up for a beat, her expression laced with

confusion and surprise.

Her captain?

"You little rascal." Josiah's voice snapped her out of it. "I thought you weren't showing up."

"When have I ever broken a promise to you?" Ellis's voice was low and rich, pleasing to the ear. He was tall,

striking, and undeniably attractive.

"Alright," Josiah said with a grin, not wanting to play third wheel. "Save the pleasantries. I'll go check if the food's ready. You two catch up.”

Ellis gave a slight nod, carrying himself with effortless grace. "Alright."

The moment Josiah left, silence settled over them like a blanket.

Freya wasn't the type to get flustered-she'd kept her composure even when meeting Kristian's parents.

But right now, she was genuinely rattled.

"Am I really making you that nervous?" Ellis teased, catching her slightly stunned look.

Freya didn't respond. How could she not be nervous?

Ellis stepped forward and sat down where Josiah had just been. "Sit."

Freya sat down without protest. She still couldn't wrap her head around it-wasn't he supposed to come back on the seventh? But today was only the sixth.

"Feel like sweating it out with a hardcore workout?" Ellis handed her a glass of water, his tone light and easy. "Might help you loosen up."

Freya stayed quiet. She didn't need it!

"Freya," Ellis called out to her.

She instinctively answered, "Huh?"

"Let's play a game."

"But we're about to eat."

"Josiah didn't say it was ready," he pointed out.

Normally, Freya could handle situations with ease, but her mind was racing. She couldn't stop worrying that

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might bring up her last

over her neck, and she

she was. "So, do you want to talk about how you used me to calm yourself down last time, or would you rather

"Chess," Freya replied instantly.

unreadable. "Did getting

"Huh?"

bold,"

would feel intimidated in front of you," Freya muttered, then quickly shifted

be back on the seventh?

his lips together. With his short-cropped hair and tall frame, he looked rugged and polished all at once. The crisp white shirt added a scholarly charm to his usual quiet

crossing her

heard her say

He was

trick,"

Freya frowned. "What?"

from slipping away," Ellis replied,

plan was to talk to Josiah, then hightail it

Freya rubbed her temples.

always saw

His voice was easy,

She never figured Ellis, with his stern

want to get roped into another

Seemed like

direction this was heading, so she

"Retired," Ellis said flatly.

froze

"Yeah."

"Why?"

always been one of the top operatives, leading elite teams, pulling off impossible missions, racking up medals like they

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that, his future had looked

high-intensity training every day." Ellis didn't sugarcoat it. "My replacement's been prepped,

tightened. She wanted to ask why he'd kept it quiet, but remembered some missions

just asked, "How's

it too hard every

of relief and asked another question.

of exceptional. Even if he couldn't push himself with

backward to hold onto him-unless, of course, Ellis had made up

to walk away.

ever. "I told them I'd

they did. They were

was friendly off the field, but he had a talent for setting traps like it was second

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