Chapter 617:

Now Freya was truly thrown off.

She replied, her voice even, “When I left, I only told you. No one else.”

“I’m talking about that man,” Frederick clarified under his breath.

And now Freya got it.

She shot him a look, a mix of sympathy and resignation. Now it made sense—why he was always caught in messes. He really didn’t know how easy it was to twist his words.

“All done?” Ellis strolled over, his voice casual and easy.

Freya nodded softly. “Yeah.”

“Go have a seat and wait a bit. We’re just going to rinse off and change.” Ellis wiped some sweat from his brow as he spoke.

“Alright.”

a quick shower, changing back into their

were ready and made their way to the

firmly, just as Trent started the

to talk

“Sure.” Ellis didn’t argue.

faint trace of

glanced at Freya in the passenger seat.

Trent had taken Ellis’s side, so she didn’t

His tone was light, almost teasing. “To a stranger, it might look

mind flashed to what Ethel had told her. Ellis hadn’t said much earlier—did he think she

to upset him?”

“You could say that.”

headache coming on. What she feared most

flickered with thought. “He isn’t as strict

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