She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 65

Chapter 65 Hypocrisy

Explaining one thing already strained Freya's patience; the thought of addressing

a second issue made her shoulders tense.

This month seemed cursed; misfortune followed her at every turn.

Liam tilted his head, his expression sharpening with concern. "What's going on?"

“Just trust me,” Freya responded, her voice deliberately steady.

Though confusion flickered across Liam's face, he respected her enough not to press further. The truth would reveal itself eventually.

The surgery concluded an hour later.

Medical staff transferred Ashley to a recovery room where the doctor delivered his assessment. “The patient experienced a miscarriage and has multiple surface abrasions, but no critical injuries beyond that."

"A miscarriage?" Liam echoed, his eyes widening.

He reflexively turned toward Freya, whose composure remained intact, and for the first time, unease crept through his veins. Could Kristian have fathered the child?

Freya merely expressed gratitude to the doctor before walking purposefully toward Ashley's room.

Liam hastened after her. As they traversed the sterile hallway, the question burst from his lips. "Is the child Kristian's?"

"I'm not certain," Freya admitted truthfully.

Despite Kristian's insistence that intimacy with Ashley never occurred, only the two of them knew the reality. Words failed Liam. If Kristian had indeed fathered the child, the situation would grow exponentially more complicated.

"I need to make a call," Liam declared, feeling compelled to summon Kristian for

direct questioning. "Continue without me; I'll join you momentarily."

Freya recognized his intention to contact Kristian and made no attempt to dissuade him.

The accumulated weight of recent events had depleted her emotional reserves beyond caring.

She arrived at Ashley's room five minutes later. Ashley had regained

a nurse had

connected her intravenous line.

Kristian?" Ashley

motionless,

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audacity still remained intact, despite

your secret lover behind Kristian's back, wasn't he?" Ashley's voice dropped to a near whisper, her gaze boring into Freya. "Imagine

furrowed involuntarily. Had Ashley failed to recognize

you, but peace will elude me until your relationship with Kristian dissolves completely," Ashley stated bluntly. "I must secure him; he belongs exclusively with

a dashboard camera," Freya replied, her

laugh. "Do you honestly believe Kristian will trust your recorded footage over my

certain that her injuries and miscarriage would undoubtedly awaken Kristian's protective instincts.

and accepted it now, she couldn't risk

resentment.

rid of the baby involved using Freya to achieve her objective, simultaneously resolving two

emotional

previous evidence as

potentially

Kristian remembers me eternally. Disability would guarantee his heightened devotion," Ashley declared feverishly. "Either outcome

herself to torment. That horrible man would never release her; he would inflict continuous

final salvation. She would cling to him regardless of

hold fast to him," Freya advised coldly. "Prevent anyone from taking him

take him away from

regarded her

existence

insight, her tone maintaining its

words. "Who suggested I wanted

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are you implying?" Ashley narrowed her eyes

your hotel incident," Freya began methodically, as she had anticipated this conversation.

troubled her thoughts. She had instructed Frederick

expertly concealed. Since identifying the culprit proved impossible, perhaps

However, the pattern revealed something more calculated-Ashley experiencing an accident that implicated Freya, followed by Freya's

perpetrator?" Ashley's

acknowledged, hoping Kristian's resources might yield better results, her voice betraying subtle

struck

directing Ashley to seek Kristian's help. Ashley paused momentarily,