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

say that with your

ounce

fired

retirement had already come up in last night's eight-person

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

Trent went quiet for

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

she said, "Let me handle this first.

reassuring them, she ended

chat interface, she noticed a bunch of new messages from Greta and Riley in their three-persoo group chat. They were

her since they were kids. Between

nonexistent.

herself, but honestly, she knew

told them.

"One

"Two words:

with Ellis might cool things down at first, but

"My

Yeah, there was no way this would be

"Don't even try to outsmart him. When he's in the room,

one can survive

got the message. Then she turned her gaze to the breakfast sitting on the table in

shook off the cloud of thoughts and told herself to take things one step at

time.

the situation with Ashley's mysterious backer. That person wasn't just connected to

that in mind, she headed out to meet Ethel and her

lounging in

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this time, he stayed in,

dot, Freya arrived at the

saw her. Her eyes sparkled

had already gathered herself.

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

the

this is my

greeted her,

calm as

the two of them. One looked adorable, the other cheerful

actually looked like

nudged Jarrett

visibly anxious. "Take a look. Order whatever

and picked a few dishes that Ethel liked. She never really fussed

composure, as if it were just another ordinary lunch. But

busy watching Freya's expression, worried that something might go