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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that with your hand

ounce

fired

up in last

Freya listened, the more her stomach twisted. "Actually.. I

fell. Even Trent went quiet for

come stay with me." Greta finally broke the silence, her voice laced with concern After all, Sey were

me handle this first. Elis

them, she ended

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

known her since they were kids. Between the three of them, secrets

nonexistent.

this one to herself, but honestly, she knew

told them.

"One word:

said, "Two

might cool things down at first,

"My

Yeah, there was no way this

to outsmart him. When he's in the room, nobody's brain is

echoed her, "No one can survive

the breakfast sitting on

She finally shook off the cloud of thoughts and told herself to

time.

situation with Ashley's mysterious backer. That person

in mind, she headed out

in the

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had left, but this time, he stayed in, casually

dot, Freya arrived at the private room in the restaurant they'd

face lit up the moment she saw her. Her

had already gathered

Warren." Ethel's nerves showed a little, but she

keep the

this is my

Jarrett greeted her, visibly

was calm as

at the two of them. One looked adorable,

like

nudged Jarrett

visibly anxious. "Take

that Ethel

it were just another ordinary lunch. But

busy watching Freya's expression, worried