She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 237

Chapter 237 When Are You Coming Back To Take Ov...

"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

that same resilience

knew her captain meant well. But did he have to come down on her so

Ellis chatted

odd look on Freya's

"Nothing."

make things hard

instinctively glanced at her captain and shook her

said knowingly. "If he gives you trouble,

Freya allowed herself a

quiet, letting the two of them have their fun at his

lunch, Josiah kept them around for

shown up, Freya would've made an excuse

early to pack up her things

she'd seen

afternoon with Josiah,

Josiah, but when the older man got tired, he

was already

time, ready to head out, but wasn't sure how to bring it

movement and, still playing with Josiah, said, "Josiah, Freya and I have a few things to take care of. After this round, we'll have to head out.

Freya into your business, huh?" Josiah huffed. "That girl always ends up as

didn't respond, just smiled quietly,

small wave of

always tough for her to turn

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

briefly before, never expanding

long after, they wrapped up

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and places himself, bidding kalah farewell with

offered her

he knew better than

are you getting back?"

out and catch a

looked surprised. His gaze flicked over to the nearby SUV,

a straight face,

he didn't call him out-just watched the little performance unfold. He was curious to see what

his sleeve.

pretty long walk, and you won't find a cab nearby," Freya said, holding

If it's not too far, I'll

for his team members. Freya couldn't just let

warm and light. "Would

Freya said.

"Alright."

with a secret

What

her car, started the engine without

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