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

decided to throw

he exhaled slowly, closed

out a sharp breath of relief the moment

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

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

the costume and tried to slip away

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

opening his eyes—but in doing so, the voice changer was gone, and so was the disguise. In that instant, her

Ellis heard it, his eyes flew open—and there was Frederick, awkwardly sneaking away with the mascot suit, and Freya, visibly caught off

makeup she’d carefully applied, she looked gorgeous. That sudden panic in her eyes

before him was so unexpected, it