She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 You've Changed

Ashley cast a quick glance at Kristian and, with an unmistakable air of intimacy, said, "I'll listen to Kristian."

Freya, her striking eyes lifting slightly, turned to Kristian. "Darling, can I take a look?"

Kristian noted the artificial warmth in her voice but remained silent. Without a word, he picked up the phone from the table and pulled up a conversation before handing it over.

Freya took the phone, scanning the chat history.

A contact labeled "Mrs. Shaw" had sent a message. "Help me get rid of Ashley, I'll settle your debts and throw in an extra million."

"How do I know you'll keep your promise?" Ashley's attacker responded.

"I'm Kristian Shaw's wife. A million is nothing to me," came the reply from "Mrs. Shaw".

The attacker responded cautiously, "I'll trust you this once. But if you go back on your word, I'm not afraid of making a scene at Shaw Group! Send me her photo,"

Moments later, "Mrs. Shaw" sent an image, followed by a warning. "Don't leave any traces."

(Freya finished reading, her expression unreadable. She raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "That's it?"

Kristian studied her face, searching for any flicker of panic-but found none. "That's all."

"It wasn't me." Freya handed back the phone, her voice calm as she reasoned, "With your resources, it shouldn't be difficult to track down who owns this account."

"The account is new. No user identity verification," Kristian replied, his voice edged with cold detachment.

"Then trace the login IP," Freya suggested effortlessly.

Kristian's gaze lingered on her, his expression darkening slightly.

In all the years he had known her, intelligence had never been her defining trait.

She had always relied on him to solve her problems.

Yet, now she was analyzing the situation with a sharpness he hadn't expected.

"You're not about to tell me the IP was hidden, are you?" Freya asked when his silence stretched a little too. long

Kristian didn't answer her directly. Instead, he issued an order. "Gerard, have the tech department trace all login IPs linked to this account."

"Understood," Gerard responded promptly, taking the phone and swiftly exiting the room, caught between Kristian and Freya's tension.

to avoid being

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remained fixed on her. "Are you absolutely

he had seen the messages, he had been certain Freya was responsible. Everything

before, yet during the divorce, the had demanded

gentle and unassuming, but suddenly, she had become

easygoing nature just been

time questioning me, you might want to figure out how the driver got Miss

eyes slightly but said

he could respond, she added, "Oh, and one

is it?" he

be to call the police," she remarked, holding his gaze. "Not to come after someone

Kristian's expression darkened.

learned Freya was involved, his first instinct had been to confront her-not to report it to the

stretched between them, an unspoken tension lingering in

eyes-once perpetually warm- blinked slowly,

away. The moment broke when Ashley's soft voice pulled Kristian

"Kristian," she murmured.

turned slightly. "What is

a beat before

a simple request, but the implication

smile played at her lips as she took a step closer to the

eyes widened

implication instantly. His voice dropped

remained unshaken, her tone glacial. "I won't blame you for seducing my husband—a relationship takes two. But let's

sorry!" Ashley's apology tumbled out, saccharine with remorse. Her fingers twisted the 'Mrs. Shaw', I just... assumed

"When I saw

this 'accident' because you couldn't bear the thought

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Kristian shopping with me."

Ashley's protest

Kristian's voice simmered with

casual. "Can't

closer, shielding Ashley with his body. get her again, and you'll

me."

like shattering ice. “You rage over a joke, yet when she accused me of attempted murder, where was this fury for

still. His

Shaw." She said his

his

clenched his jaw against

remind you?" Her voice

"Your