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    He had to keep quiet!


    Ellis’s sharp gaze pinned him in ce. “You really don’t know?”


    “Really… I don’t…”


    “Hmm?”


    “Captain, please! Freya specifically told me not to tell you.” Cracking under pressure, Frederick finally gave in. “If you want to know that badly, ask her! I can’t say!”


    In front of others, he’d never spill Freya’s secrets. But under Ellis’s stare, he folded instantly.


    “Trent.” Ellis flicked his gaze sideways.


    Trent didn’t flinch, keeping thatposed, gentlemanly air about him. “I’m not sure. Mina only mentioned it to Frederick.”


    Frederick’s head snapped toward him, eyes wide with disbelief. How shameless!


    “You know it too!” he barked.


    Trent tilted his head, faceced with confusion. “About what?”


    “You know Freya left because—”


    Frederick suddenly mped his mouth shut.


    In that split second, realization crashed over him like a wave. He spun toward Trent, furycing his words. “Trent, how could you throw me under the bus like this?”


    Trent, aware he couldn’t let Ellis catch wind of the truth, yed dumb to the end. It was unbelievable.


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    “What?” Trent asked again, still donning that bewildered look.


    “Nothing!” Frederick snapped, his chest heaving. “I’m the only one who knows the reason!”


    Trent’s expression didn’t budge, barely reacting at all.


    That made Ellis take a moment to think.


    What none of them realized was that this was the first time Trent had dared lie to Ellis—and his heart was practically jackhammering in his chest. He just had to make it believable.


    A few momentster, Freya appeared.


    The second Frederick spotted her, he bolted like she was hisst hope, practically whining, “Freya, Trent was really awful to me!”


    Freya blinked, confused, holding aptop in her arms.


    She nced briefly at Trent, then asked, “What exactly did he do to you?”


    “Our captain asked why you left. I told him to ask Trent, but Trent said you only told me, not him.” Frederick dumped the whole mess in a breathless rush. “Back me up here, will you?”


    Freya didn’t give it much thought. “I didn’t tell him.”


    “Freya!” Frederick looked scandalized. “You’re really gonna lie like that?”


    Freya’s face scrunched slightly. What was this about?


    “You told all of us, remember?” He suddenly leaned in, his voice dropping low. “How can you say Trent doesn’t know?”


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