She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 64

Chapter 64 Ashley's Deliberate Manipulation

Freya clammed up.

Kristian's theatrical display rivaled her sister's own dramatic flair.

Without lingering a moment longer, she strode purposefully toward Liam's car and slipped into the passenger

seat

As the vehicle pulled away, Kristian's fingers constricted around his car keys, his knuckles blanching with

tension

Everyone expected him to depart, but instead, his gaze swept over them with such intensity that they scarcely dared breathe.

"Mr. Shaw, is there anything else you require?" someone ventured.

"Do you harbor feelings for Freya?" Kristian inquired abruptly, his voice cutting through the air like winter frost. Confusion rippled across their faces.

Before anyone could formulate a response, Kristian added, "You'd better abandon such notions. She gravitates exclusively toward the good-looking ones."

Having delivered his admonition, Kristian departed without sparing a thought for their reactions.

Only after his taillights vanished into the distance did they recover their composure.

"Did he just imply we look ugly?"

"Damn! I've consistently captivated women with my innate charm."

"Perhaps they're enamored with your financial assets rather than your facial features?"

"Or possibly your honeyed words."

"Kristian Shaw addressed all of us collectively, not me specifically."

A contemplative hush descended upon the group.

Meanwhile, Kristian seethed internally,

to share transportation with him before an audience made him want to retrieve her forcibly and demand an

recognized that by the time he arrived,

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encounter, she had

aspect, he understood

window, she turned to Liam. "Do you and

we do," Liam clarified. "Were that not the case, considering my words and actions, he would have confronted me decisively

astonishment. She had misjudged

Kristian appeared perpetually on the verge of reprimanding him. Their combative interactions scarcely suggested

him and observing the ensuing drama. Though he invariably responds with irritation,

unexpected," Freya remarked with genuine

him unpopular among some kids, who eventually ganged up on him. That particular day, while searching for Kristian, I discovered him surrounded by a group of kids and instinctively took a blow for him. Consequently, I lost consciousness, which terrified him. Since that

thoughtfully. The revelation defied

glanced sideways at her, his lips curving

turned toward him.

feelings for Kristian truly dissipated?" Liam inquired. "They have,"

minimal resistance and few genuine obstacles. Your challenging presence introduces a valuable lesson." Freya remained silent, lowering the

she glimpsed a solitary figure dressed in a

through the windshield, she recognized Ashley's unmistakable

moment, Ashley spotted Freya in

woman launched herself toward the vehicle

slammed the brakes immediately, his

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close-despite the screeching brakes, the vehicle still collided with

air as Ashley crumpled to the

exited simultaneously, anxiety etched across their

that Ashley remained conscious

moments, crimson liquid pooled beneath

Freya realized with horror that the

dialed emergency services, her heart

completely reject you," Ashley articulated between labored breaths,