She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 237

Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Call Me By My

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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

hanging over her neck, and she was

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

"Chess," Freya replied instantly.

"Did getting married

"Huh?"

used to be pretty bold,"

Freya muttered, then quickly shifted gears. "Didn't

seventh? Why are

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

thought crossing her mind-Ellis wasn't bad-looking at

and Alan ever heard her say that, they'd

He was

little trick,"

Freya frowned. "What?"

from slipping away," Ellis replied,

to Josiah, then hightail it out of

Freya rubbed her temples.

course-Ellis always saw through

embarrassed?" His voice was easy, but she

She never figured Ellis, with his stern and aloof nature, would be

didn't want to get roped into

with understanding. Seemed like

so she switched lanes. "Why are you back?

"Retired," Ellis said flatly.

froze

"Yeah."

"Why?"

top operatives, leading elite teams, pulling off impossible missions, racking

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his future had looked bright. So why

doing high-intensity training every day." Ellis

he'd kept it quiet, but remembered some missions were classified. Maybe he hadn't had a

just asked,

just can't push it too hard every day," Ellis said,

asked another question. "Did the organization

Even if he couldn't push himself with

would've bent over backward to hold onto him-unless, of course, Ellis had

to walk away.

tone casual as ever. "I told them I'd transfer to their

held her tongue. Of course they did.

a talent

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