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Chapter 280 Paragliding

Ellis took out his phone, tapped out a quick message, then slipped it back into his pocket before finally responding to Freya's question with a playful glint in his eyes. "Didn't you always say you wanted to try paragliding?"

Freya's mind drifted, sifting through memories of their earlier conversations.

She had mentioned it once, years ago. She told him how she craved the feeling of flight, of being alone with the wind, suspended in the sky with nothing holding her back. No noise, no chaos. Just freedom.

But it had been four long years since she'd last soared.

Ellis went on, his eyes alight with enthusiasm as he gestured expansively, "This place is a premier paragliding destination globally. And the weather couldn't be better. Clear skies, steady breeze. It's perfect. We've got the whole place to ourselves-you're free to fly, or not. Totally up to you."

Freya hesitated.

"Go on, get suited up," Ellis interrupted, his voice firm yet encouraging as he accepted the paragliding gear from a young instructor who approached them. "Just have fun. Don't overthink it."

Freya glanced out at the breathtaking view-rolling hills, sunlight catching the waves in the distance-and nodded slowly. "Okay."

The instructor stepped forward and handed her the rest of the gear.

While Freya disappeared behind the changing area, he strolled up to Ellis and gave his arm a playful nudge. "Trying to impress her, huh?"

"Don't get any ideas," Ellis replied evenly, sidestepping the bait before it could turn into a full-blown rumor

mill.

"Really now?" The instructor arched an eyebrow, his grin teasing and knowing. "Then what's the special occasion for bringing her here? Didn't you once say, 'no outsiders allowed'? Looks like someone's breaking their

own rules."

Ellis shot him a sharp sideways glance and yanked the equipment out of his hands.

Unfazed, the instructor trotted after him, still poking around for answers. "Whoa, hold up-what's the rush? Seriously, spill. What's going on between you two?"

"You should consider giving TED talks; you have so much to say!" Ellis retorted, his voice laced with dismissive edge.

This left the instructor momentarily speechless, taken aback by the abrupt rebuff.

He inhaled deeply, his resolve firming as he decided to drop the matter, valuing their longstanding friendship over his curiosity. "Fine," he conceded with a reluctant sigh. "I promise, my lips are sealed."

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he finally admitted, though his answer danced around the truth. "She needed a break, so I

circumstances, Ellis wouldn't bother with

the instructor's notorious nosiness was a variable

his intentions would only lead to Freya facina barrage of unwelcome

here to find peace, not to

him a squint, clearly not buying

placed a firm hand on Ellis's shoulder, his voice dropping to a more serious tone. "You sure

meeting the instructor's gaze with a steely resolve. "What's

Don't play dumb. You know what your family does, right?" The instructor's face twisted into a playful sneer. "So, you're working for her now? If you're

back with a grin, "I'd rather not witness

instructor off-guard, his

tossing barbs his way with such

suited up, Ellis stood confidently beside Freya, who was similarly decked out in her pilot's garb-flight suit, gloves,

the ridge buzzed with the thrill of flight, the instructor called out to Ellis,

said curtly, tightening the last strap on his

an eyebrow. "You

as any instructor here. Probably more. She doesn't need you." He knew Freya's limits-and more importantly, he knew

who echoed Ellis's sentiment with a decisive

to join them in the air rather than linger on the ground. The engines

just stubborn. If Ellis vouched for her, she was probably more than

at the craggy mountains enveloped in a silvery mist, the world unfurling beneath her like a vast, mysterious tapestry. The persistent tension that had knotted her muscles began to dissolve, her burdened heart

freedom.

Freya was utterly captivated by the

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remained attentively by her side, observing as

and a warmth flickered in his eyes-a silent reassurance only she could

time she touched the ground again, the swarm of worries that had clouded her

in the slightest as he shed his flight gear. Seizing the opportunity, he drifted closer to Ellis, eager to chat. "How did you get to know her? She's stunning, and she flies like she was born to it.

detachment, "Even if she did, it has nothing

be like that," the instructor whined, playfully throwing an arm around Ellis' shoulders. "We've been through so much

Ellis caught Freya approaching them, he quipped lazily, “Her younger sister isn't

instructor's jaw dropped.

retorted with a mock scowl, "Coming from you? That's

hard, casting his thoughts

at his age, injecting

instructor swelled, coloring his perception

young," Ellis retorted with his characteristic nonchalance, his voice

the instructor's face, his lips barely

spoke like the instructor was years

could get a word in, Ellis turned to her and announced, “Let's go. We're