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

not an ounce of humanity in

fired back

Ellis's retirement had already come up in last night's eight-person group chat,

her stomach

Trent went quiet for a

her voice laced with concern After

away. After a pause, she said, "Let me handle this first. Elis probably doesn't even

reassuring them, she

from Greta and Riley in their three-persoo group chat. They were already

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

nonexistent.

had intended to keep this one to herself, but honestly, she knew she couldn't take on Ellis solo.

told them.

"One word:

said, "Two

added, "A call with Ellis might cool things down at first,

sighed. "My poor

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

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

"No one can survive his

the message. Then she turned her gaze to the breakfast sitting on the table in front of her and

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

time.

Ashley's mysterious backer. That person wasn't just connected

she headed out to meet Ethel and

had been lounging in the living room the whole

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time, he stayed in, casually chatting

arrived at

she saw her. Her eyes sparkled with

had already gathered herself.

is my boyfriend, Jarrett Warren." Ethel's nerves showed a

the mood

is my

Jarrett greeted her,

was calm as

two of them. One looked adorable,

looked like a

Jarrett

passed the menu to Freya, visibly anxious. "Take a look. Order whatever

and picked a few dishes that

meal, she ate with quiet composure, as if it were just another ordinary lunch.

watching Freya's expression,