She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter :

“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.”

lying, there won’t be a wedding in

Ellis said nothing. Who used such a thing as leverage

at him,

throw that out like it’s a valid threat,” Ellis said coolly, though internally, he was scrambling for a better

ago, Ellis had pulled stunts like this 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 his girlfriend. So why was

is your storytelling

look?” Ellis raised an eyebrow, pretending not to

Freya said, narrowing her eyes. “I

He went quiet.

eyes—her, determined to get the truth;

tense thirty seconds, Freya asked again, “Why did you really

have to say it?” Ellis

“You do.”