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

and a nurse

connected her intravenous line.

Kristian?" Ashley demanded

stood motionless,

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still remained intact,

me was your secret lover behind Kristian's back, wasn't he?" Ashley's voice dropped to a near whisper, her gaze boring into Freya. "Imagine Kristian reaction when I tell him your jealous lover targeted

Had

your relationship with Kristian dissolves completely," Ashley stated bluntly. "I must secure him; he

contained a dashboard camera," Freya replied,

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

miscarriage would undoubtedly awaken Kristian's protective instincts. That single

if Kristian attributed it to that regrettable hotel incident and accepted it

resentment.

to get rid of the baby involved using Freya to achieve

emotional batteries too drained even for

Ashley. He had dismissed previous evidence as

vehicle might not stop, potentially killing or permanently disabling you?" Freya

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

losing Kristian meant condemning herself to torment. That horrible man would never release her; he would inflict continuous

She would cling

advised

away

her with unmistakable

desperate existence truly

new insight, her tone maintaining its

final words. "Who suggested

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you implying?" Ashley narrowed her

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

she was attacked also troubled her thoughts. She had instructed Frederick to investigate,

proved impossible, perhaps sharing her suspicions with Ashley might prompt Kristian to launch

the pattern revealed something more calculated-Ashley experiencing an accident that implicated Freya, followed by Freya's accident involving Ashley. This sequence pointed unmistakably toward someone harboring deep admiration

you identified the perpetrator?" Ashley's brow

might yield better results, her voice betraying subtle emotion. "Perhaps Kristian

irony struck her

seek Kristian's help. Ashley paused momentarily, studying Freya's expression with