She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 21

Chapter 21 Did He Somehow Discovered Yo...

Freya opened the email containing the startling request to investigate herself.

Her eyes darted to the sender address. This wasn't just any contact-this was someone she had collaborated with extensively years ago.

Back then, she had valued their expertise and shared objectives, which had fostered a period of productive partnership. But as circumstances calmed, their communication had dwindled to silence.

Why the sudden interest in investigating her now?

Her fingers hovered briefly before typing a response. "Did she offend you?" The message had barely left her outbox when Kristian received it.

He had anticipated the possibility that after years without contact, the hacker might have abandoned this account. He had been prepared for his request to vanish unanswered into digital oblivion. The immediate reply caught him off guard. Sitting in the car's back seat, he.tapped thoughtfully on his keyboard before responding, "No, helping a friend investigate. Can't say more. Can you look into her?"

Freya examined his response, her forehead creasing with concentration.

Suddenly, something clicked. She opened the attached image and scrutinized it carefully.

Only then did she notice the background-wasn't that the living room of Kristian's villa?

She typed back, "Is your friend Kristian Shaw?"

Throughout her career, she had rarely delved into personal backgrounds, including this particular contact whose identity remained a mystery to her.

Her skills were primarily deployed for evidence gathering.

But now...

Was Kristian investigating her? Or perhaps someone in Kristian's circle?

"Freya?" Frederick waved his hand before her face. "Freya!"

She lifted her gaze from the screen, meeting his eyes with practiced composure. "What's up?"

"What's captured your attention?" Frederick asked, halted at a red light, curiosity evident in his voice. "You've been staring at that screen for ages."

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"Nothing." Freya darkened her phone screen and slipped the device into her pocket, dismissing the email exchange from her mind.

"I meant to tell you earlier-before you deplaned, my sister messaged that Sheila's surgery went smoothly. She's been transferred to a regular ward." As the signal turned green, Frederick eased the car forward "she

tell

"Okay," Freya murmured.

her calm acknowledgment,

been the delicate girl, weeping over

could barely imagine the

six-thirty, Frederick drove her to the hospital, provided directions to Sheila's room, and departed

parking.

building and ascended to

mounted until,

observation window, she glimpsed

angelic-looking young woman lay motionless on the bed, eyes firmly closed in apparent slumber. Beside her sat a concerned father who, despite being in his fifties, maintained the appearance of a

younger man.

if sensing her

met through the glass, and something electric passed between them. Hugh's

churning within her. After collecting herself, she pushed open the door, still dressed in the black outfit she'd worn to the

closed the door with

unstoppable surge of longing. “Mina,” he whispered, her old name hanging in the air

to the bedside where

replied, forcing himself to suppress the tumult of feelings. "The wounds have been treated properly. Whether there will be any lasting effects will require

this with a

upon the room like a

lingered on her, almost tangible

had found happiness during

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what had

Hugh began, then

stay here at the hospital," Freya

she stated firmly, "You should go

wrestling with unspoken

to ask about her life these past two years but

careful deliberation, he ventured only

Freya replied simply, settling into the

extended conversation. After offering a

room.

he encountered Frederick in the

speak candidly. He glanced back toward the hospital room before adding, "Please

later."