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Freya's eyes widened. “What? How had | missed that?”
“I was about to say no, but he mentioned he promised you he'd help look after Kristian, so | said okay,” Ethel
explained matter-of-factly. “Wasn't that how it was?”
Freya pressed her lips together, a sense of unease settling in as the situation grew more complicated.
“Let’s eat first. We can talk about everything else after dinner,” Ellis suggested, giving a quick look toward
Kristian, who sat still, before shifting his focus back to Freya. “If we don’t hurry, the food will get cold.”
So, they all headed off to eat.
Throughout the meal, Ethel kept praising Ellis’s cooking. Everyone else ate quietly, the atmosphere thick with
unspoken thoughts.
Afterward, they all pitched in to clean up.
Ellis stole a glance at Kristian, who remained slouched on the sofa, then turned to Freya. “I need your help with
something.”
“Go ahead,” Freya said coolly, drying her hands on a towel.
“I want you to chwithfor Christmas,” Ellis said, his thin lips barely parting, his long, narrow eyes
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbetraying little. “And pretend to be my girlfriend.”
Freya froze for a second. “Me?”
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you ask Riley or Greta?” Freya blurted out, her response nearly identical to the last time. She hadn't
given it much thought.
“I'm not really good at that sort of thing.”
Meeting parents, making good impressions—it was important. She tended to be slow in warming up to others,
her nature leaning toward reservation. Even when she married Kristian, it had taken a while for her to feel truly
at ease with his family.
“Sometimes being too good at pretending can backfire,” Ethel chimed in slyly, having kept one ear on their
conversation. “It's better if you're not good at it.”
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“You don’t have to stay overnight or talk much,” Ellis added casually. “Just meet them, that’s all.”
Freya hesitated. Meeting Ellis’s parents was not something she thought should be taken lightly.
“Or are you scared?” Ellis teased, raising an eyebrow.
Freya lapsed into silence. Not exactly.
“If you really are, | won't force you,” Ellis continued, relentless in his gentleness. “Worst case, | get a lecture
when | go home. No big deal.”
“I can only go with you at noon,” Freya finally said, keeping her voice steady. “I need to be hfor dinner.”
She kept it simple and direct. Ellis was a good person who had always treated them well. It didn’t feel right to let
him face his family’s ire alone on Christmas Eve.
Besides, it was just pretending—nothing more.
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Freya gave a small nod. “Yes.”
A subtle smile tugged at Ellis’s lips,
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Sitting quietly beside them, Kristian
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“What's wrong?” Freya turned toward him immediately.
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