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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Chapter 240 Ethel's Boyfriend

your hand on

not an ounce of humanity in

voices fired back

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

her stomach twisted. "Actually..

fell. Even Trent went quiet

the silence, her voice laced with concern After all, Sey were best

right away. After a pause, she said, "Let me handle this first. Elis

reassuring them, she ended

in the chat interface, she noticed a bunch of new messages from Greta and Riley in their three-persoo group chat. They were already grilling her about how

they were kids. Between the three of them,

nonexistent.

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

told them.

responded, "One word:

"Two

"A call with Ellis might cool things down at

sighed. "My

pressed a hand to her forehead. Yeah, there was no way this would be

wasn't done. "Don't even try to outsmart him. When he's in

echoed her, "No one can survive

to the

cloud of thoughts and told herself to take things one step

time.

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

mind, she headed out to meet Ethel and her

been lounging in the living room the whole

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time, he stayed in, casually

the dot, Freya arrived at the private

face lit up the moment she saw her. Her

already gathered

Jarrett Warren." Ethel's

keep the mood

is my

greeted her, visibly

was calm as ever.

two of them. One

actually looked like a good

nudged Jarrett

anxious. "Take a look. Order whatever you like-it's

accepted the menu and picked a few dishes that Ethel

ate with quiet composure, as if it were just another ordinary lunch. But Ethel and Jarrett? They barely touched their

busy watching Freya's expression, worried that