She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1116:

“Freya,”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t you think you’ve been brushing me off a bit lately?” Ellis stepped in close, his voice dipping low. “I came all this way just to see you, and you refused to share a bed with me. Now I’m asking you to hang out, and suddenly you’re too busy?”

Freya didn’t say a word. What was she even supposed to say to that?

“Or is it that you’re hiding something from me?” Ellis asked again, half-serious, half-joking. “Maybe seeing someone else and too caught up to make time for me?”

“No!” Freya jumped in quickly, anxious he might actually start digging.

If he decided to investigate, there was no way she’d be able to cover it up. Sure, Riley and Greta had her back—but under Ellis’s intense “interrogation,” they’d probably let something slip, thinking it was nothing.

for her schedule—it wasn’t exactly

overtime tomorrow and let Melvin take over the meeting the day after,” Freya lied with smooth ease. “Then I’ll

Ellis gave her

organization—he didn’t leave the country unless he had to. This trip came with a rare, tight approval window, and he wanted to take Freya out to experience everything

stepped out first, and Freya headed off

business. Freya handled part of her workload, passed the rest off to Melvin, and went out to follow up on the ring. What she

now sat quietly inside a

the men around

where magic

bearded man riding shotgun grinned—but when he straightened up, his expression turned sharp. “Your boyfriend is Ellis Lambert, right?”

maybe she’d just never imagined a kidnapping happening here—either way, she’d been caught slipping and dragged into this

she could break free easily. But something about