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?”

ever so slightly—this part hadn’t been in

decided to

slowly, closed his eyes,

out a sharp breath of relief the moment

the figures waiting in the shadows, then swiftly removed the bulky costume.

his surroundings, caught the soft rustle of movement and the light patter

tried to slip away unnoticed, Ellis said, abruptly and

froze, caught completely off guard. Nobody had seen

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

flew open—and there was Frederick, awkwardly sneaking away with

touch of makeup she’d carefully applied, she looked gorgeous. That sudden panic in her eyes only made her beauty feel more

before him was so unexpected, it