She Took The House The Car And My Heart

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“Just checking if you’ve gotten rusty from not training lately,” Ellis said, his face straight but tone casual, as always. “From the looks of it, you’re still sharp.”

Freya blinked at him, still half-asleep and completely thrown off.

Moments ago, she’d been jolted awake by a shadowy figure—her instincts kicking in before her brain could catch up. Now, she was trying to make sense of it.

For the past two years, there hadn’t been any missions. No reason to stay on high alert. So what was with the sudden test?

“I’ll get going. You can go back to sleep,” Ellis said, already turning toward the door.

“Wait!” Freya called out, stopping him.

He turned around smoothly, acting like he hadn’t just tried to sneak off. “What’s up?”

“You seriously came here just to test my reflexes?”

“Yeah.”

“Nothing else?”

“Nothing.”

there won’t be a wedding in the

spoke. Ellis said nothing. Who used such a thing as leverage in

at him,

said coolly, though internally, he was scrambling for a

in the middle of the night—random drills to keep everyone sharp. But those were mission days. This wasn’t that. No missions. And she wasn’t just his teammate anymore. She was

your

with that look?” Ellis raised an eyebrow,

Freya said, narrowing her eyes. “I

He went quiet.

locked eyes—her, determined to get the truth; him, calm

Freya asked again, “Why did you really

have to

“You do.”