She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 622:

To him, it probably felt like an interloper had crashed a well-oiled duo. She found it natural, of course—she knew Ellis well. But Melvin didn’t, so his instinct was to put up his guard.

At ten sharp, Ellis arrived at the company.

Freya had already given the receptionist a heads-up, so he was sent straight upstairs to her office without a hitch.

He’d been expecting to see Freya—but was met with Melvin instead.

Inside the lounge, Melvin eyed Ellis’s striking features and silently thought that Ellis really looked like someone Freya would be into. His brow creased slightly, remembering Gerard’s message from yesterday. “I saw Ms. Briggs with a ridiculously handsome guy. Is that your competition?” Melvin had already told Gerard the whole heartbreak story was made up, but the guy was still convinced—and had cooked up the idea that the person Melvin liked was none other than Freya.

“Hi, I’m Melvin Swain, Ms. Briggs’s assistant,” he said, shoving the thought aside and keeping his tone crisp. “Are you Ellis Lambert?”

“Yes,” Ellis responded with ease.

onboarding,” Melvin said in his usual brisk, professional manner. “After that, I’ll take you to

Ellis replied

him through the whole process, which didn’t take more than ten minutes, and then

task and was flipping to her next schedule item

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your friend’s here,” Melvin announced as he entered, Ellis a

moment, surprised, but quickly regained her composure and gave instructions. “Show him around and introduce him to

Melvin replied without

“He doesn’t have much background in our field, so

a

“You can go now.”

“Alright.”

and

exited, Ellis threw Freya a look loaded with meaning, but she