She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 597:

The next morning, she received the address from Ethel.

Just as she was about to head out, she opened the door and saw Ellis standing there with breakfast in hand. For a second, her brain froze.

After sleeping on everything, it all still felt a bit unreal.

Ellis handed her the breakfast, his long fingers looking oddly graceful.

“Breakfast.”

Freya wasn’t sure how to describe what she was feeling. Ellis, who had once been so distant, was now bringing her food and asking her out to meals. It made her uneasy.

Ellis caught the shift in her expression and said simply, “You don’t want to eat?”

“You should go back to how you used to be,” Freya replied. “There’s no need to be overly kind. I’m your employer now, but I’m also still your teammate and friend.”

gave her a

“Yes?”

think I’m trying to suck up to

sucking up—but

into her hands without

Clearly, he was

extra penalties. But now? He was hand-delivering breakfast. How could she not overthink this? Maybe he was still holding a grudge from last time, and this was all part of some long game—pretend kindness followed by revenge. The more she thought about it, the more convinced she

new story

to the

her. Because of what happened

tempted to knock some sense into Freya. Could she

you even

finally forced out two words. “You know it

tucked in his pocket, still looking ridiculously good. “Stop with the wild