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

me to tell you

"Okay," Freya murmured.

her calm acknowledgment, anxiety

the delicate girl,

could barely imagine the

provided directions to Sheila's room, and departed to

parking.

entered the impatient building and ascended to the

room, her apprehension mounted until, upon

observation window, she glimpsed the scene

woman lay motionless on the bed, eyes firmly closed in apparent slumber. Beside her sat a concerned father who,

younger man.

if sensing her presence, Hugh looked

through the glass, and something electric passed between them. Hugh's gaze locked onto Freya,

open the door, still dressed in the black outfit she'd worn to the divorce proceedings, which lent her an air of

the door with

emotion constricted Hugh's throat, unleashing an unstoppable surge of longing. “Mina,” he whispered, her old

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

tumult of feelings. "The wounds have been

with a noncommittal

upon the room like a

almost tangible

had found happiness during

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what

Hugh began, then

at the hospital," Freya interjected,

as she stated firmly, "You should go

silent, wrestling with

ask about her life these past two years but recognized she would

he ventured only one

simply, settling into the chair beside the bed, her attention fixed unwavering

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

room.

exited, he encountered Frederick in

with Frederick to speak candidly. He

later."