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

connected her intravenous line.

Kristian?" Ashley

stood motionless, struck

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remained intact, despite

was your secret lover behind Kristian's back, wasn't he?" Ashley's voice dropped to a near whisper, her

Had Ashley

you, but peace will elude me until your relationship with Kristian dissolves completely,"

camera," Freya replied, her tone

released a hollow laugh. "Do you honestly believe Kristian will trust

injuries and miscarriage would undoubtedly awaken Kristian's protective instincts. That single encounter before returning home had unexpectedly resulted

that regrettable hotel incident and accepted it now, she couldn't risk it. Kristian's present acceptance offered no guarantee against

resentment.

optimal strategy to get rid of the baby involved using Freya

her emotional batteries too drained even

Ashley. He had dismissed previous evidence as fabricated,

the vehicle might not stop, potentially killing or permanently disabling

Kristian remembers me eternally. Disability would guarantee his heightened

had deteriorated to the point where losing Kristian meant condemning herself to torment. That horrible

She would cling to

hold fast to him," Freya advised coldly.

him away from

regarded her with

desperate existence

insight, her tone maintaining its calm while

"Who suggested I wanted

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are you implying?" Ashley narrowed

began methodically, as she had anticipated this conversation. "If someone isn't specifically targeting you, how do you explain these

thoughts. She had instructed Frederick to investigate, but the findings diverged

proved impossible, perhaps sharing her suspicions with Ashley might prompt

reasonably be attributed to Kristian's enemies seeking retribution. However, the pattern revealed something more calculated-Ashley experiencing an accident that implicated Freya, followed by

you identified the perpetrator?"

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

struck her

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