She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 964:

Ellis didn’t hesitate. He slipped an arm around Freya’s waist, his voice warm but resolute. “Freya—my girlfriend. She’s the woman I want by my side for the rest of my life. She means everything to me.”

Then, he glanced at Freya with a reassuring smile before introducing Claire in the same breath. “And this is Claire Harper. Her father’s an old friend of my dad’s.”

Freya was about to offer a polite greeting, but Claire jumped in, her voice tight. “You forgot we grew up together.”

Ellis sidestepped her comment, his gaze steady. “How did you get my address?”

“Your parents told me,” Claire admitted, meeting his eyes with open honesty.

A faint line creased Ellis’s brow. Why had his parents handed out his address so easily?

“Eli, why did you block me?” Claire’s voice was sharp with disbelief. “I thought we were friends.”

He met her eyes, his voice even. “Our parents might be close, but that doesn’t make us obligated to be.” He added, “If there’s nothing else, we’ll be going.”

Claire’s determination broke through her hesitation; she hadn’t come all

Ellis and Freya

her lips together, searching Freya’s face. “Freya Briggs, do you want to tell

in confusion. “Tell him what? I have no idea what you’re talking

me the act.” Claire’s tone

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brows drew

hostility, instinctively tightened his hold on Freya’s hand, a frosty edge creeping into his expression. “Claire.” His voice alone sent a chill through her, and Claire finally noticed just how protective he was of Freya—an intimacy she’d never seen

to back down. “I know you hate it when I talk about your girlfriend, but let me ask you

Freya’s name rang a distant bell for Claire—just a faint flicker of

it clicked. Freya had just been all over the news for divorcing Kristian and supposedly walking away with a jaw-dropping settlement. Ellis started to intervene, but Freya cut him off with a calm, “Let her

declared, eager to air every rumor she’d heard. “The divorce left her with over a billion.

is Freya Briggs,” Freya replied, her

shrugged.