She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 583:

The guards, already informed, waved her in without a hitch.

She arrived shortly after nine.

Josiah met her with a bright grin. “You finally made it. Do you even remember how long it’s been since you last dropped by?”

“My bad,” Freya said, handing him the gift. “I’m here to make up for it.”

“No need to bring gifts when you’re visiting!” Josiah scolded playfully, though his eyes twinkled. “Come on, play a few rounds of chess with me. I’m sick of those same old geezers.”

“Sure,” Freya agreed with a soft chuckle.

A soldier brought over the chessboard and pieces.

Normally, Josiah hated any kind of distraction while playing. If someone talked too much, he’d bark at them without batting an eye—even his oldest friends weren’t spared. But today, he broke his own rule.

he nudged his knight forward and said

answered, moving her rook across the

you have a crush on someone?” he asked, sliding a pawn and

was just

I introduce someone to you?” Josiah offered, thinking of Ellis, who’d just arrived but left again to

Freya paused mid-move.

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letting it go. “I promise

married before—and I just got divorced not long ago,” Freya said, her voice steady. “I’m not looking to

clearly taken aback. His brows knit together.

this from me?” Josiah’s tone brimmed with

a junior—someone who truly stood out to him—only to find out that something as monumental as her marriage had been completely swept

trying her best to ease the old man’s surprise. “It wasn’t just you. My whole family didn’t know

have the audacity to marry Freya and not inform her family?