She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 No Amount Of Persuasion Would Sway...

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Kristian carried the fruit over to Freya with a heavy sigh, placing it gently before her. He then slid into the seat

next to her.

Just as he was about to mention the divorce to Freya, Lionel interjected with a pointed observation, "Freya seems reserved, reluctant to touch the fruit. As her husband, shouldn't you be offering some encouragement? Why sit there in silence?"

"So, just to confirm, am I adopted?" Kristian finally blurted out.

Melinda shook her head firmly. "No, you're not."

Isaac, with a sly smile, joked, "You were part of a special promotion."

Kristian just stared, completely at a loss.

Breaking the uneasy quiet, Freya took a deep breath and addressed the group with a sense of resolve. "Isaac,

Melinda, Lionel," she began, her tone serious yet gentle, "we need to discuss something important today."

Melinda and Lionel leaned forward, their faces lighting up with anticipation. “Are you pregnant? How many

months? When did you find out?”

Freya's heart sank at their enthusiasm, knowing she was about to shatter their expectations. "I'm planning to divorce Kristian," she announced softly, her voice steady.

The room's atmosphere shifted dramatically, turning cold and tense as the words hung heavily in the air.

Melinda's hand froze above the fruit, Lionel's grin slipped away, and Isaac folded his newspaper with a frown. The gravity of the announcement settled over them like a heavy fog.

"Why the sudden decision to divorce?" Melinda broke the silence, her voice a careful blend of concern and

curiosity.

Freya began, her tone resolute, as if she were tying off a loose end that had bothered her for too long, "Well, I simply don't love him anymore."

"That's understandable," Melinda responded, her words measured.

Lionel exhaled a sigh of relief, as if releasing a burden he hadn't realized he'd been carrying.

Across the way, Isaac sent a sharp, unreadable glance towards Kristian.

"That's fine," Lionel declared with a blunt nod. "Isaac and I will stand behind you as you refine your leadership skills. Freya, you're going to make a formidable president for Shaw Group."

For them, love fading felt like nothing more than a small inconvenience.

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issues, they

assertiveriess. "Everything's already set in motion. We'll file the papers on Monday, and once the waiting period passes,

in her tone. Kristian replied with conviction, "We're merely

rage. "You rushed into marriage without thinking, and now

Freya in the first place?"

satisfied with the surface details, pressed. "It couldn't have been merely

"Was Freya merely standing in

heart?"

turned to Isaac, their

to formulate a response. Isaac was making things way more complicated than they needed

my choice to go through with the divorce," Freya interjected firmly, aware that divulging too much

make things worse.

Kristian, insisting, "It has nothing to do

demeanor resolute, leaving no room

gap, but as they delved deeper, they sensed a growing rift between

hinting at deeper, unseen

somber silence enveloped the room, the tension

on the gathering of elders before her, awaiting their verdict

a quiet intensity.

declared, her fingers intertwining with Freya's in a

"Divorce isn't a trivial affair. We should

much trouble for them to come here, we'll go

furrowed in distaste. "You've been married for

palpable. "With the divorce proceedings underway,

them a

of her needs. If he were Freya's real grandfather, he would've smacked the hell out of

can handle this on my own," Freya stated firmly, dismissing the idea with a

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on, concern etching her

family," Freya admitted, her voice dropping to a somber tone as she

studied her face. It bore the usual

emotion, he asked,

sudden, dramatic gesture, his cane swung through the air with a brutal strike as it connected with

the specter of her looming divorce, overwhelmed him. He was

Freya's voice, tinged with shock, broke through

with fury. "After being married for two entire years, have you even once genuinely cared for Freya? As her husband, you remain oblivious to her

anger surged, his disdain for Kristian

Kristian

calming force amidst the chaos. She perceived Kristian's disregard as the root of Freya's misery in their marriage and advised, "Give it another year with Kristian. If you still feel the same about a divorce after that, I'll stand by

her mouth to object,

Her eyes dulled with the weight of her unspoken

silent. Isaac found himself at a loss for words, grappling with the gravity of