She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 604:

Freya moved further into the room, her thoughts unsettled by Ethel’s sharp observations. Ellis knew her well. If even Ethel had caught on, surely he had too. Hopefully, he wouldn’t read too much into it.

“Are you two actually at odds?” Ethel suddenly grew uneasy, guilt creeping in as she realized she might have made things worse. If there was friction between Freya and Ellis, her earlier remarks could’ve just made everything more complicated.

She silently berated herself.

“There’s no conflict. We get along fine and trust each other,” Freya replied, filling a glass of water for Sheila while catching Ethel’s guilt-ridden expression. “It’s just…”

“It’s been a while since we last saw each other, and I’m not exactly sure how to deal with him right now.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Relief washed over Ethel’s face. She leaned in with a glint of curiosity in her eyes. “Is there a chance…”

“What?”

you have a crush on him.” Ethel was clearly fishing. “When you secretly have a thing for someone, that’s exactly how it shows—you suddenly don’t know how to act

over the glass, shooting Ethel

rather choose Trent over Ellis. Unless she wanted to get scolded,

the thrill

still brimming with questions. Freya didn’t have a thing for Ellis? Then why was her behavior

back?” Freya thought about the evening’s gathering, her

“I’ll go home.”

was only there for a brief

hearing her response, Freya called the family driver to

settled, the sisters passed the time watching TV

seriously considering skipping tonight’s event. After all, it was just to welcome Ellis—and

could just meet up

made up

rarely hold against

was thinking up excuses, Ellis knocked on her door, already urging