She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 701:

“Thank you for today,” she said, glancing back with a rare flicker of sincerity in her eyes. “I’ll give you a raise next month.”

Ellis replied in his usual nonchalant drawl, “Much appreciated, my dear boss.”

Freya was momentarily struck dumb. She still wasn’t used to being called that.

“Go on in and rest up. I’ll holler when dinner’s ready,” Ellis said in that familiar, protective tone, one that bordered on brotherly. “Especially after that raise you promised me.”

Freya started, instinctively ready to decline.

But the look in Ellis’s eyes stopped her short.

She swallowed her protest and changed her answer. “Alright.” After they parted ways, Freya reached out to Trent.

Compared to her, Trent probably knew Ellis even better. The two of them were like peas in a pod—sharp, cunning, and full of tricks.

bit before cutting to the

asked,

Even though Ellis had said he didn’t hold grudges, she couldn’t shake

reason she’d gotten on his bad side. But hadn’t they already

faintly, quietly marveling at how rocky

the look. “What’s so

Ellis is retired?” Trent tried to shift

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Hadn’t Ellis already said

‘devil captain,’ maybe it’s time to stop seeing him through the same

“Huh?” Freya was puzzled.

living in your place and collecting that generous paycheck makes him feel like he owes

he really think like that?” Freya always felt unguarded around

nudging her a little more. “But now that we’re all out in the real world, he’s probably noticed that, compared to the rest of us, some folks—like you—come from pretty privileged backgrounds.

Freya frowned.