?Chapter 1109:


    “All I need is for you to cover for me.”


    “You’re really going through with this?”


    “Yes.”


    “No matter what I say, you won’t reconsider?”


    “I won’t.”


    “Alright then.” n let out a sigh, epting the inevitable. He knew how she was. Once her mind was set, nothing could change it.


    “I’ll keep tabs on Ellis for you. But you’ll have to give me a heads-up each day—where you’re going, what you’re nning. Okay?”


    “Okay.” Freya nodded.


    She then went on to fill him in on her ns for the next couple of days. When n found out she had also custom-ordered engagement rings, he felt a strange jolt of disbelief. Was this some kind of mind-reading connection? Even their rings were being designed in the same city.


    “Mina.” n’s expression changed as something urred to him.


    Freya had just sent over her itinerary. ncing up, she asked, “What is it?”


    “Have you thought about something…”


    “Thought about what?”


    “What if Ellis is nning to propose too?”


    ???????? ?????????? ???? g??????ν????????????


    “Then one of us just has to beat the other to it,” she replied with an easy shrug. She remembered Ellis joking about proposing. “There’s no way it’ll happen on the same day.”


    “But what if he’s also ordered rings?” n finally asked the question that had been bothering him. “Whose ring will you wear—yours, or his?”


    “I’ll wear the one he gives me, and he’ll wear the one I give him,” Freya said simply, her reasoning wless.


    n hadn’t expected that answer. It was perfect. He couldn’t find a single hole in her logic.


    “So, when exactly are you nning to propose?” he asked, hoping to figure out her timeline and give Ellis a head start. “Will you do it immediately once the rings are ready, or do you have a specific day in mind?”


    “Before the end of May,” Freya answered.


    n gave a thoughtful nod.


    It was still May 1st. That meant Ellis had the rest of the month to act. Plenty of time to beat her to it.


    “Just let me know once you’ve decided on the date,” n said, already plotting how to quietly tip Ellis off. “I’ll help you get everything ready.”


    “No need,” Freya declined immediately.


    n was confused. “Why not?”


    “I know exactly what you’re up to,” she said, eyeing him knowingly.


    “And I’m not giving you the chance to tell Ellis.”


    “You really think I’d do that?”


    “Yes.”


    “Ouch. That stings.”


    “No, it doesn’t,” Freya said seriously. “You’re just deflecting because I caught you red-handed.”


    Her words left him stunned. She was spot on.


    Still, he wasn’t about to give in so easily. “If I truly wanted to tell Ellis, I could’ve done it already. I know about the rings, remember?”


    “You wouldn’t go back on your word,” Freya said confidently. She knew him all too well. He was a bbermouth. As long as she didn’t reveal the date of her proposal, everything would still be under her control.


    .


    .


    .