Chapter 1136:

Freya, not suspecting anything, leaned in. “What?”

“Don’t you think it’s a shame you didn’t have me around all these years to look out for you?” Ellis quipped, his voice laced with teasing warmth and easy, playful charm.

Freya shook her head with a determined smile. “No way, I’d have ruled the playground if you hadn’t been around stealing the spotlight.”

As a kid, she couldn’t stand being looked after. She loved tackling things on her own.

Depending on others felt shaky to her—only her skills gave her the confidence to stand tall.

If Ellis had always been her shield, she might’ve grown up too soft, which wasn’t who she was.

“You were that tough, huh?” Ellis teased, his eyes sparkling.

“You bet,” Freya shot back with a grin.

of wish I’d seen it,” Ellis said, his

tilted her head,

he still hung up on their childhood days? What was there to

my little shadow, trailing behind me,” Ellis

lips twitching into a smile. He was stuck on

a lazy look. “How about making my dream come

bed,” Freya said, closing the photo album with a soft thud, brushing off his idea with a

shot,” Ellis teased,

we were kids, I bet tons of others followed you around,” Freya said, her tone serious but

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“Like who?”

Freya replied, raising an

a second, caught off guard. Well, she was right. He hadn’t seen that

you’re so eager to relive it, I can give her a call,”

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