She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 943:

Ethel admired that strength in her sister, but sometimes she worried Freya bore too much on her own.

“I’ll think about it,” Freya said sincerely. Then she added, “Don’t stay up too late watching TV. Get to bed early.”

“Okay,” Ethel replied with a grin.

Freya gave a nod and headed to the study.

In the meanwhile, Ellis was caught up in thoughts of the future. He’d just started sketching out ideas for the wedding when his phone rang.

Seeing who it was, he picked up without much interest, his tone suddenly cooler than it ever was with Freya. “Hello.”

“Ellis!” chirped a bright, overly familiar voice. “It’s Claire Harper.”

Ellis answered flatly.

from your mom that you’re

“Yeah.”

“Is it Freya?”

“Yeah.”

began, her tone cautious. “But the girl you’re

for her to finish, Ellis

her contact info, blocked the number, and deleted it. No one had the

disbelief, completely thrown by the abrupt hang-up. When

𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓰𝓪𝓵𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓼.𝓬𝓸𝓶

as she struggled to comprehend where the

Ellis now. Freya must have commandeered

of

further, harboring no apprehension that Claire might convey something inappropriate to his parents. His parents weren’t the type to accept others’ words without scrutiny. Whether regarding people

he introduced Freya during their previous encounter, his parents appeared