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“Thank you for today,” she said, glancing back with a rare flicker of sincerity in her eyes. “I'll give you a raise
next month.”
Ellis replied in his usual nonchalant drawl, “Much appreciated, my dear boss.”
Freya was momentarily struck dumb. She still wasn’t used to being called that.
“Go on in and rest up. I'll holler when dinner’s ready,” Ellis said in that familiar, protective tone, one that
bordered on brotherly. “Especially after that raise you promised me.”
Freya started, instinctively ready to decline.
But the look in Ellis’s eyes stopped her short.
She swallowed her protest and changed her answer. “Alright.” After they parted ways, Freya reached out to Trent.
Compared to her, Trent probably knew Ellis even better. The two of them were like peas in a pod—sharp,
cunning, and full of tricks.
Once the video call connected, Freya made small talk for a bit before cutting to the chase. “How do you turn
down Ellis’s dinner invitations?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Dinner invitations?” Trent asked, adjusting his glasses.
“He keeps invitingover to eat,” Freya admitted, a little uneasily. Even though Ellis had said he didn’t hold
grudges, she couldn't shake the worry. “With the way he’s always operated, when he’s nice to you, it usually
means you're in trouble.”
Aside from that one embarrassing phone call, she couldn’t think of any reason she’d gotten on his bad side. But
hadn’t they already moved past that?
Trent smiled faintly, quietly marveling at how rocky Ellis’s journey to win her heart had become.
Freya caught the look. “What's so funny?”
“Have you ever considered the fact that Ellis is retired?” Trent tried to shift the narrative.
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Freya looked confused. Hadn't Ellis already said that?
Trent went on, “Since he’s no longer that ‘devil captain,” maybe it’s tto stop seeing him through the same
lens.”
“Huh?” Freya was puzzled.
“Maybe he’s just trying to be nice,” Trent explained, gently setting the stage. “Or maybe living in your place and
collecting that generous paycheck makes him feel like he owes you something.”
“Would he really think like that?” Freya always felt unguarded around her teammates.
“He used to be our captain—always one step ahead of the rest of us,” Trent continued, nudging her a little more.
“But now that we're all out in the real world, he’s probably noticed that, compared to the rest of us, sfolks—
like you—cfrom pretty privileged backgrounds. That might make him feel a little... out of place.”
Freya frowned.
A bit out of place? That just didn’t sound like Ellis.
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