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Chapter 76 I've Only Ever Kissed You

Kristian's gaze lingered on Freya's lips, now a deeper shade of red from her nervous biting. His throat felt dry as desert sand

Stepping forward, he towered over her, his eyes narrowing slightly. The rough timbre of his voice broke the silence "What did you just say?"

"I said I... M

Her words faltered, muffled by his sudden, passionate kiss,

Kristian cradled the back of her head with one hand, while his other arm snaked around her waist, pulling her closer with a gentle yet electrifying grasp.

In these moments, Freya found herself utterly overpowered. Each kiss melted her resistance, leaving her helplessly swept away by his commanding presence.

The typically stok and composed Kristian, once ruffled and passionate, transformed into an intoxicatingly dangerous enigma

Her remaming shred of rationality clawed at her, urging her to break away. She feared she would have stayed ensmayed by him, wandering through a dreamlike trance.

wch a surge of strength, she pushed against his chest. "Kristian!"

The usual coldness in his eyes now swirled with an indescribable heat, and his lips, stightly parted, shimmered with a reseal monstress

Flustered with her cheeks burning and heart pounding, Freya fixed him with a fierce stare. "How many times vest 1 tell you? Don't kiss me with the same lips you've kissed Ashley with I'm guarding my health from Windsorbacter Pyines"

Aber words, the corners of Kistian's mouth twitched upwards. His initial annoyance melted into a bemused

bacter Pylan-es whe would think of such a thing in a moment like this

Twe as me and you" Kutian's tone was lofty, touched with an indifferent coolness, his usually pristine etter sightly darede ek in his poned facade "If you were going to catch anything, it would've happened when we that got art wed

Tad er es get back the words laced with venom

Carrung der fabed cheeks, a bunt of sent tackered across his features, lightening his mood. "Do you want to get checked? 15 coves the medical ex*****

Chapter 76 I've Only Ever Kissed You

Freya was speechless, her frustration boiling over.

"No need." She wiped her mouth again, then stood up sharply, her movements brusque. Taking a few deliberate steps away, she shot him a piercing glare before marching upstairs.

watched her depart, a slow grin spreading across his face-a smile be scarcely noticed

grappled with the thought, bewildered, of how Freya

of emotion, it seemed, was

composed, Freya ascended the stairs. As she approached the door, she took a moment

her surprise, however, the lights inside the room

noted the unusual tension in her demeanor. "Who's got you all worked

up? Did I disturb you?" "Nope," Farrah replied, her voice short and to the point, before swiftly changing the subject. She leaned in lowering her voice with a

"Yes," Freya confirmed flatly.

ex?" Farrah prodded,

"Ashley Bradley."

Farrah blurted out, a frown knitting her brow in confusion, but she quickly shook it off, pressing on

industry, Farrah wasn't up to date on every scandal, including the one involving

about

couldn't deny the

agreed, nodding

affluent, or physically appealing a man was, if his heart wasn't truly with his partner, none of it mattered

you're pregnant and it was thoughtless of me to ask you to come over so

smile. Her voice was gentle, laced with unwavering affection. "You're my best friend, Freya.

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comforted and cherished. The thought that Farrah considered their

Freya inquired further, "Have you

fine," Farrah replied, her voice bubbling with warmth and a

of relief upon hearing the good

lay side by side, each ensnared by their own swirling thoughts as

deepened, Freya succumbed to the embrace of sleep, undisturbed by Kristian's earlier attempt at affection. Meanwhile, Farrah lay awake, her mind a storm of worries

and compelled by

early morning-a time when any unexpected call

Gerard grumbled into the phone, his voice thick with sleep. "Just because you're my boss doesn't

you see an extra ten thousand on your paycheck this month for your troubles." Kristian's deep

of sleep cleared from Gerard's

rubbed the sleep from

on, he adjusted to his more business-like tone. "What do you

a background check on

are we