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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Chapter 21 Did He Somehow Discovered Your Whereabouts

"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

me to tell you not

"Okay," Freya murmured.

calm acknowledgment, anxiety

delicate

fracture and head trauma, Freya could barely imagine the pain

hospital, provided directions to Sheila's room, and departed

parking.

the impatient building and ascended to

her apprehension mounted until, upon reaching the door, her palms glistened with nervous

window,

apparent slumber. Beside her sat a concerned father

younger man.

sensing her presence, Hugh looked

glass, and something electric passed between them. Hugh's gaze locked onto Freya, seemingly unable to break

the door, still dressed in the black outfit she'd

the door with a

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

him directly, moving instead to the bedside where she gazed down at the sleeping

the tumult of feelings. "The wounds have

this with

descended upon the room

on her, almost tangible in

had found happiness during

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away from what had

began,

hospital," Freya interjected, her voice

as she stated firmly, "You should

remained silent, wrestling with unspoken

past two years but recognized

ventured only one question, "Between you and

the

desire for extended conversation. After offering a few words of genuine concern, he reluctantly departed from the

room.

he encountered Frederick

He glanced back toward the hospital room before

later."