Freya’s pov His entire body tensed because of that question. I get it, maybe he wasn’t expecting me to ask him such a question. But because he overheard my conversation with Ashley, I just wanted to ask. “Why are you so tense? You are acting like I asked you if you love me,” I pointed out. I opened my eyes and looked at him, and he was already looking at me. “I know you too well. If you wanted to ask me that, then you would have done so directly,” he answered, and I nodded. I would have asked him directly, and that is not a question I see myself asking him. We both know that this is nothing but an arrangement. One that works just fine for both of us, and such talks could complicate things. I realized why he tensed up; talking about such things could complicate things.

