She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 741:

Freya’s eyes widened. “What? How had I missed that?”

“I was about to say no, but he mentioned he promised you he’d help look after Kristian, so I said okay,” Ethel explained matter-of-factly. “Wasn’t that how it was?”

Freya pressed her lips together, a sense of unease settling in as the situation grew more complicated.

“Let’s eat first. We can talk about everything else after dinner,” Ellis suggested, giving a quick look toward Kristian, who sat still, before shifting his focus back to Freya. “If we don’t hurry, the food will get cold.”

So, they all headed off to eat.

Throughout the meal, Ethel kept praising Ellis’s cooking. Everyone else ate quietly, the atmosphere thick with unspoken thoughts.

Afterward, they all pitched in to clean up.

Ellis stole a glance at Kristian, who remained slouched on the sofa, then turned to Freya. “I need your help with something.”

said coolly, drying

his thin lips

for

“Yes.”

ask Riley or Greta?” Freya blurted out, her response nearly identical to the last time. She

good at that sort

tended to be slow in warming up to others, her nature leaning toward reservation. Even when she married Kristian, it had

backfire,” Ethel chimed in slyly, having kept one ear on their conversation. “It’s better if you’re

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overnight or talk much,”

Meeting Ellis’s parents was not something

Ellis teased, raising

into silence.

relentless in his gentleness. “Worst case, I get a lecture when

only go with you at noon,” Freya finally said, keeping

them well. It didn’t feel right to let him face his family’s ire alone on Christmas