She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1170:

Seeing him hesitate, Freya’s nerves kicked in.

Ten minutes earlier, she’d been stressing about how to guide Ellis to the setup. Greta had sworn the note would work, promising he’d follow without question. But now, he wasn’t moving.

“You can lead the way,” Ellis said, taking the card and rolling with the change of plans.

Freya held out her paw, hoping he’d take it.

Ellis glanced at the oversized monkey hand, then sidestepped it with a polite smile. “This way, right?”

Freya hadn’t seen that coming. A blindfold would’ve been a smart move.

“Yes,” she said softly, leading him toward the spot. Just before they reached it, she stopped. “Can you wait here, close your eyes, and count to ten?”

narrow his eyes ever so slightly—this part hadn’t been

had decided to throw that

brimming with suspicion, he exhaled slowly, closed his eyes, and began counting.

out a sharp breath of relief the moment the word

discreet signal to the figures waiting in the shadows, then swiftly removed the

surroundings, caught the soft rustle of movement and the light

the costume and tried to slip away unnoticed, Ellis said, abruptly and with intent,

on. What was going on here? The entire group froze, caught completely off guard. Nobody

his eyes—but in doing so, the voice changer was gone, and

flew open—and there was Frederick, awkwardly sneaking away with the mascot suit, and Freya, visibly caught off

hair was slightly mussed from the headgear, and with the soft touch of makeup she’d carefully applied, she looked gorgeous.

entire scene before him was so unexpected, it left him momentarily