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

connected her intravenous line.

Kristian?" Ashley

stood motionless,

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audacity still remained intact,

wasn't he?" Ashley's voice dropped to a near whisper, her gaze boring into Freya. "Imagine Kristian reaction when

brow furrowed involuntarily. Had Ashley

accuse 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,"

"Do you honestly believe

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

the child remained impossible. Even if Kristian attributed it to that regrettable hotel incident and accepted it now, she couldn't

resentment.

involved using

no emotional response, her emotional batteries too drained

would believe Ashley. He had dismissed previous evidence as fabricated,

not stop, potentially

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

meant condemning herself to torment. That horrible man would

She would cling to him regardless of

advised coldly. "Prevent anyone from

take him away from me!" Ashley

regarded her with unmistakable

desperate existence truly

tone maintaining

"Who

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are you implying?" Ashley narrowed

she had anticipated this conversation. "If someone isn't specifically targeting you, how do you

was attacked also troubled her thoughts. She had instructed Frederick to investigate, but the findings diverged

culprit proved impossible, perhaps sharing her suspicions with

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

you identified the perpetrator?" Ashley's brow creased

better results, her voice betraying

struck

seek Kristian's help. Ashley paused momentarily, studying