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

that with your hand on your

an ounce

fired

had already come up in last

listened, the more her stomach

went quiet for

voice laced with concern

she said, "Let me handle this first. Elis probably doesn't even have a place to train me

she

a bunch of new messages from Greta and Riley in their three-persoo

since they were kids. Between the three

nonexistent.

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

told them.

responded, "One

"Two

"A call with Ellis might cool things down at first, but after that,

sighed. "My

pressed a hand to her forehead. Yeah, there was

try to outsmart him. When he's in the

echoed her, "No one

Then she turned her gaze to the breakfast

of thoughts and told herself to take things one step at

time.

situation with Ashley's mysterious backer. That

in mind, she headed out

been lounging in the living

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knew Freya had left, but this time, he

at the private room in the restaurant they'd

moment she saw her. Her eyes sparkled

had already gathered herself.

Jarrett Warren." Ethel's nerves showed a little,

keep the mood

this is my

Jarrett greeted her,

was calm as

of them. One looked adorable, the other

actually looked like

nudged Jarrett

menu to Freya, visibly anxious. "Take a look. Order whatever you like-it's

that Ethel liked. She never really fussed over food

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

too busy watching Freya's expression, worried that