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Without another word, Ellis led Freya out.
As soon as they disappeared through the door, those left behind exchanged glances like they'd just witnessed
something ghostly—Greta and Riley in particular.
“Why do | feel like the Captain's acting a bit... odd with Mina?” Greta was the first to voice what everyone else
was thinking.
Riley gave a slow nod. “Since I've known him, I've never seen him act so... soft.”
“Does that mean Freya's going to get it even worse than we did?” Frederick asked, his wide-eyed concern for
Freya shining through. “Worse than what Cade and Moss had to deal with?”
Greta and Riley exchanged a glance. Something about that didn’t sit right.
“Wait a second...” Moss hesitated, scanning everyone's expressions. “Is it possible our all-business, stone-faced
captain... actually has feelings for Mina?”
Cade thought back to what they'd just witnessed. “It’s more than possible. If any of them had gotten drunk, Ellis
would've thrown them over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and dumped them at their doorstep. No way
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something was definitely up.”
“What do you think, Trent?” Moss tossed the question to him. Ellis and Trent were two peas in a pod when it
cto being sharp. If anyone knew the truth, it'd be Trent.
Trent just smiled, a knowing gleam in his eye. “Didn’t | tell you guys he was just being nice to Mina?”
And just like that, the whole room clicked into understanding.
“You knew all along?” Cade asked, his voice tinged with disbelief.
“Don’t breathe a word of this to Mina,” Trent cautioned, his tone as calm and steady as ever. “No playing
matchmaker—and no throwing wrenches in the works.”
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He turned to Greta and Riley, a pointed look accompanying his gentle reminder. “Especially you two.”
Everyone knew how inseparable the three were—Greta, Riley, and Freya were thick as thieves, joined at the hip
and heart.
Had he not said anything, the two would've likely raced to Freya without a second thought, spilling everything in
their rush. And considering how Freya felt about Ellis at the moment, she might've gone cold and distant,
perhaps even kept him at arm’s length.
“He's really good at keeping his feelings under wraps,” Greta murmured, finally feeling reassured. “But he didn’t
start liking Mina only after retiring, right? When did it even begin?”
“No clue,” Trent replied honestly.
No one could pinpoint when Ellis’s feelings had first taken root. What they did know was that he never let his
emotions cloud his judgment. Even though he was into Freya, he never let up on her during training.
Not once.
But looking back, it all made sense now.
Push her hard now, so she’d be safer when it mattered.
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