She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 237

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"Yeah." There was a stillness in Ellis's gaze, the kind that made it impossible to tell

if he was dead serious or just messing around. "I'm turning thirty next month. If someone asks what I do for a living on a date, I can't exactly say I'm unemployed."

The simplicity of the remark somehow struck a chord in Freya, sparking an unexpected worry.

Without thinking, she blurted, “That's true. You're not getting any younger."

Ellis let out a soft, exasperated laugh. Was she seriously calling him old?

"I don't have the youthful stamina you do," Ellis said evenly, unbothered.

Freya scrambled to clarify, "That's not what I meant."

"You're saying I'm not old?"

Freya opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Ellis chuckled under his breath.

Compliments were never Freya's strong suit, but she gave it a try anyway. "Thirty

is when life really begins. You're still young."

"And how does it feel to say something you don't actually believe?"

"Captain..."

Why did he always have to call her out like that?

Ellis moved his piece with finality. "Freya, you've lost."

Freya snapped back to the present.

One glance at the chaos on the chessboard, and she knew-her captain was a sly one. He'd pulled out every trick in the book: distracting her, throwing her off balance, all just to win a game of chess.

"You really need to work on balancing offense and defense," Ellis rose to his full height, those long legs of his impossible to ignore. "Have you all been slacking off for the past two years?"

Freya was at a loss for words. She had known this was a trap!

"Let's eat," Ellis said simply.

This time, Freya didn't protest.

She understood-mental resilience was everything, no matter where you were. With a strong mind, she could

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or hold the line, survive anything thrown

in pieces, that same resilience had carried

But did he have to come down on her so hard the very first

lunch, Josiah and Ellis chatted

Josiah caught the odd look on Freya's face and

"Nothing."

things

captain and shook her head.

said knowingly. "If he

Freya allowed herself

the two of them have their fun

them around

hadn't shown up, Freya would've made an

to pack up

she'd seen Ellis,

whole afternoon with Josiah, passing time over

Josiah, but when the older man got tired, he handed the board over and watched. as Freya took his

it was

head out, but wasn't sure how to bring

still playing with Josiah, said, "Josiah, Freya and I have a few things to take care of. After

business, huh?" Josiah huffed.

smiled quietly, eyes on the

felt a small

tough for her to turn

worried Josiah might invite them to stay the night after dinner-and worse,

it briefly before, never expanding on it. Freya was

after, they wrapped up the

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the chessboard and places himself,

her goodbyes

knew better than to hold

are you

walk out and catch

His gaze flicked over to the nearby SUV, dearly wondering how

a straight face,

out-just watched the little performance

his sleeve.

long walk, and you won't find a

car keys. "Where are you headed? If it's not too far, I'll drive

always looked out for his team members. Freya couldn't just

calm, voice warm and light. "Would it be too

all," Freya said.

"Alright."

followed her with a secret

twitched. What a crafty young

her car, started the engine

suspect a thing-after all, when she arrived, there had only been three cars in the garage, and Ellis had walked in. It never crossed her mind that he