She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 893:

“He just retired. He needed to fit in with society,” Freya explained, her tone earnest. “I just wanted to help him adapt to his new life. His home is really far from the office, so I suggested he stay at my vacant apartment.”

Greta clicked her tongue. “You really are too pure.”

Freya stayed silent.

“If fitting in with society was his priority, why didn’t he go to Trent, or Cade, or Moss?” Frederick stepped in with a knowing edge. “Guys like Ellis don’t show up at your company unless there’s a reason.”

Freya frowned. “Why?”

“No reason,” Frederick said vaguely, as if unsure how to phrase it.

“That’s just how it is.”

now, imagining Freya married off to Ellis and completely at his mercy. “If you invited him first, then forget everything we just

knowing Ellis and his calculating ways, she could bet he’d led Freya into his trap without her even

She thought

asked if her company needed staff—casually throwing out suggestions like

dessert into her mouth just as the

favorite stories

flickered with something she couldn’t

casually took another bite of her dessert. “You do realize Ellis planned all this from the beginning, right? With his track record, the guy could’ve slid into any job he wanted—people

go home and inherit his family fortune,” Freya blurted out before she could stop

look. “His inheritance isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Was it really worth giving up a solid career for that?

make sense. She couldn’t argue with logic

win you over,” Greta said, cutting straight to the point. “Sure, having a steady job is great, but he’d be drowning in work most days. If

to act on a whim,” Freya