Chapter 742:

Kristian pressed his hand to his stomach, feigning discomfort. “My stomach hurts.”

Freya stood up and moved toward him to check, but found no sign of anything unusual. She assumed it was something internal. “Does it hurt a lot?”

“Yes…” Kristian winced, his face contorting with feigned pain.

“I’ll take you to the hospital,” Freya said at once.

Kristian’s heart leapt in panic. If they went to the hospital, she’d find out he was faking it. What should he do?

“No need for the hospital,” Ellis said calmly as he walked over. “He probably just ate too much. He’ll be fine after a little rest.”

“I checked already. It’s not because he ate too much,” Freya insisted, worry clouding her features.

care. She couldn’t let anything happen to

lightly on a spot on his abdomen.

Kristian remained silent.

don’t say yes, Freya’s going to insist on taking you to the hospital,” Ellis

look and reluctantly pretended to be in pain.

Ellis concluded smoothly. “I’ll take him for a

out the door and rode the elevator downstairs. Meanwhile, Freya was still lost in thought, mulling over Kristian’s condition. His symptoms seemed far too severe to be brushed off as a simple stomachache from

leaned closer and asked curiously, “Be honest—if Ellis ever pursued you,

guard. Without missing a

into fiction with .

training days when everyone had been run ragged under his leadership.

in puzzlement. “He’s handsome, he treats you well, and he’s gentle. Honestly,

might have found him charming. Only recently had she come to realize that underneath that cold exterior, he was a great man. But no matter how she looked at it, whenever she thought of

consider him after he gets better?” Ethel asked, unwilling to let it go. “Would

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