"Hey, what happened to you last night?" Iliana asked as soon as Freya entered the kitchen.
"It was nothing, I just remembered that I had to do something important," Freya lied with ease. Of course she did. She had spent half the night practicing that excuse, especially after she had seen the number of missed calls and texts she had received from Chris and Iliana.
"You really scared me," Iliana replied, pulling Freya into a hug, taking her by surprise. Freya awkwardly tapped Iliana's back, but Iliana wasn't going to move, so she just decided to hug her back properly. "We came running after you, but we lost you."
"You did?" Freya asked, a small smile tugging at her lips. It pleased her to know that her colleagues cared about her, enough to leave the movie they were watching to see if she
