Chapter 582:

Once the call ended, Freya and Ethel sat down to eat together.

All throughout dinner, Ethel kept sneaking glances at Freya, her lips parting now and then like she wanted to say something, but always holding back at the last second.

Freya noticed. “Go on, what’s been eating at you all day?”

Ethel’s eyes widened in surprise. “How did you know?”

“You kept staring at me over breakfast—and again while we were watching TV this morning,” Freya said, familiar with her every little quirk. “So, what’s going on?”

“It’s not that big of a deal. I just…” Ethel fumbled for words, her cheeks turning pink.

Freya gave her a look and made a wild guess. “Is it about your boyfriend?”

Ethel blinked like she’d just seen a ghost. How did Freya always know?

deciding to just

eyebrow. “Meet me?

figured it’d be

Freya asked without missing

meet him?” Ethel’s whole

“Yes.”

“Thank you!” Ethel beamed.

into it would be a thousand times easier. She was sharp, that

the sixth, I might not be able to make it. I’ve got something

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sixth,” Ethel said quickly, grinning.

froze halfway

The seventh?

her captain was supposed to come

the shift in her

she’d tell Trent she had to take a business trip, meet up with Ethel and her boyfriend on the seventh, and

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