She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 240

Chapter 240 Ethel's Boyfriend

Freys was still a little out of it. She'd expected fills to act weird, sure, but she hadn't braced herself for Frederick's over-the-top reaction

Frederick typed in their group chat, "lis is back and even brought breakfast for Freya."

Greta, Riley, Cade, and Moss-yes, even the two who rarely bothered to chime in- all responded with a flurry of question marks.

Greta immediately followed up with, "Freya, listen to me-run. Get out of town, noad"

Cade backed her up, "I still have nightmares about when Ellis brought me food. That was the beginning of the end. Trust me get out while you can.*

Moss added his piece, "I drank a bottle of water Ellis handed me once and ended up doing a ten-kilometer run -with weights."

Freya was at a loss for words,

(Trent

Trent scrolled through the messages and finally dropped a reply. "Is it really that bad?"

And just like that, Cade kicked off a group call.

The call connected.

Seven faces lit up the screen.

The moment Freya joined, Cade jumped in. "Freya, no joke-Ellis suddenly acting nice is a red flag the size of a house. Last time he 'felt sorry for me and gave me food, I ended up with triple the training. Know what he told me? He said if I still had the strength to eat, then clearly, I hadn't been punished enough! Is that even human? Absolutely not!"

Cade launched into his rant without mercy,

Freya vaguely recalled that episode. Cade had faked a stomachache to get out of training and got hit with an even worse punishment.

If just one lie led to that kind of wrath, what kind of hell would she face if Ellis thought she once tried to use

him?

"Don't scare Mina," Trent cut in, clearly trying to smooth things over. He didn't want them ruining Ellis's chance of wooing Freya. "Ellis is retired now. And Freya hasn't done anything to provoke him. Maybe he's just... being nice?"

"Impossible!"

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say that with your hand on

an ounce of humanity in

voices fired back

up in last night's eight-person group chat, everyone was in the

her stomach

Trent went

her voice laced with concern After all, Sey were best friends. "Your life

didn't respond right away. After a pause, she said, "Let me handle this first.

reassuring them, she ended the

bunch of new messages from Greta and Riley in their three-persoo group chat. They

kids. Between the

nonexistent.

herself, but honestly, she knew she couldn't take on Ellis

told them.

responded, "One

said, "Two words:

call with Ellis might cool things down at first,

sighed. "My poor

her forehead. Yeah, there was no way

wasn't done. "Don't even try to outsmart him. When he's in the room, nobody's brain is

one can survive his mind

turned her gaze to the breakfast sitting on the table in front of her and

an hour passed. She finally shook off the cloud of thoughts and told

time.

backer. That person wasn't just connected to Kristian-there were others involved

out to meet Ethel

lounging in the living

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time, he stayed

the dot, Freya arrived at the private room

the moment she saw her.

already gathered herself.

Ethel's

keep the

this is

greeted her, visibly

was calm

glanced at the two of them. One looked adorable,

looked like a good

nudged Jarrett with

to Freya, visibly anxious.

the menu and picked a few dishes that Ethel liked. She

as if it were just another ordinary

were too busy watching Freya's expression,