NovelBookChapter 892: Freya said nothing. She just watched the chat unfold.
But her thoughts wandered, drifting toward those small, quiet moments she'd shared with Ellis. This was a man who'd invited her over for meals, who made meeting his family feel natural. Could someone like that really be all wrong for a relationship? Why did it feel like he might be the right one? Grand romantic gestures didn't mean much to her. What mattered was feeling safe, understood, and content. Wasn't that the core of love and marriage-being each other's hbase, the one place you could always rely on? "Why aren't you saying anything?" Greta asked.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I don't know what to say," Freya answered honestly. "I used to think the sway as all of you, but after spending real twith Ellis, I realized... he's not that different from us." Their criticisms mostly stemmed from how strict he'd been in the past—always pushing them harder.
But once she stopped seeing him as a cold, hard-edged captain, she found him reliable.
At that moment, Freya's mind spiraled back through memory after memory with Ellis.
The tshe called him when she was drugged, he'd immediately asked if she was safe. "Freya, you've grown guts now." "Did getting married make you lose your nerve?" Discover more galnoves"Don't go trusting men too easily." "Does that makea kept man?" "Could you be my girlfriend so I can finally go home?" "Next tyou're thinking of getting married, ctofirst. I don't think I look too bad myself." "I want you to chwithfor Christmas and pretend to be my girlfriend." As the echoes of his voice bounced around her mind, Freya froze. What was happening to her? Why were these moments suddenly surfacing? Greta caught the change in her face and asked, "What's wrong?" "Nothing," Freya said softly, even as her pulse hammered in her ears.
She might actually have feelings for him.
She quickly denied it. It had to be a misunderstanding.
"You don't look like it's nothing," Greta said, reading her easily. "Are you upset that none of us are backing you being with Ellis?" "No." "Really?" Her silence made Greta and Frederick exchange a knowing glance.
Greta leaned in, her voice turning playful. "If you have up feelings for Ellis, of course, we'd support you. You're smart-you'd handle him just fine.”
"I don't have feelings for him," Freya said again, trying to smother them strange surge of emotion rising in her chest. "Alright," Greta replied with a sly little grin. "You don't have feelings for him." Freya had no words.
Greta added with a casual air, "Honestly, I'm beginning to think Ellis showing up at your company and moving in next door wasn't a coincidence-it was part of his grand plan."
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