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?”

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

decided to

with suspicion, he exhaled slowly, closed his

breath of relief the moment the

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

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

costume and tried to slip away unnoticed, Ellis said, abruptly

group froze, caught completely off guard. Nobody had

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

there was Frederick, awkwardly sneaking away with the mascot suit, and Freya, visibly

was slightly mussed from the headgear, and with the soft touch of makeup she’d carefully applied, she looked gorgeous. That sudden panic in her eyes only

scene before him was so