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    n replied, “You too—let’s both do our best!”


    Luckily, Freya had messaged n the second she was back in her room—if she hadn’t, the whole scheme would’ve unraveled. If n had seen Ellis’s message out of the blue, he probably would’ve just assumed Ellis had sent it to the wrong person and answered with a string of confused question marks.


    Seeing the reply, Ellis tossed his phone onto the bed and headed off to wash up. Meanwhile, after freshening up, Freyay in bed still buzzing with nerves. To ease the tension, she messaged Riley and Greta, filling them in on everything. When they found out she’d managed to tell such a massive lie right to Ellis’s face, they both fired back the same word—”Legendary.”


    Greta said, “If it were anything else, he would’ve caught you in a second.”


    Riley said, “Totally. That story had way too many holes. Guess even the smartest guys get a little slow when ites to love.”


    Reading their messages, Freya frowned. She knew her version was shaky—but too many holes?


    Greta said, “You should’ve gone with a better cover. It would’ve sounded way more solid.”


    Freya asked, “What kind of version?”


    Riley replied, “Say n’s old crush came back and secretly asked you to test him—if he still had feelings for her, she’d propose. If not, she’d leave him be.”


    Greta added, “That way, n not helping with Ellis’s proposal would make a lot more sense.”


    The second Greta hit send, she realized her mistake—and immediately yanked the message back.


    Luckily, Freya never saw the retracted message.


    She was still staring at Riley’s suggestion, working through the logic andparing it with her own version, trying to see which made more sense. Once she finished analyzing it, she nced back at her phone but said nothing about the missing message.


    She figured Greta had just messed up a word or two.


    Panicking, Greta messaged Riley in private. “You don’t think Freya saw that, right? If Ellis ever found out, she’d be toast. That one stupid message nearly blew the whole thing apart.”


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    Riley answered, “Hang on. I’ll throw a cover message in the group. If she doesn’t react, we’re good.”


    Greta responded, “Never doing this again. Being trusted by both sides is a ticking time bomb. I’m bound to slip.”


    Riley reassured her. “Calm down. You’ll be fine.”


    Amid the panic, Riley quickly dropped a message in the group, trying to patch things up. “You were just emotional after hearing n went on that blind date, so you told him the girl was nning to propose. That way, the whole story holds up better.”


    Greta backed her up. “Exactly!”


    Both waited nervously after hitting send.


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