She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 90

Chapter 90 Claiming Indifference, Yet Acting...

"I was worried about her? That's absurd!" Kristian snapped. Every time he saw Freya, all he could think about was her affair with Trent.

Gerard, as blunt as ever, said, "You looked ready to charge into the flames for her."

Kristian shot him a cold stare. Gerard was getting too bold lately, wasn't he?

"You really should have a proper talk with her," Gerard added, ignoring the warning in Kristian's eyes. Then he quickly excused himself. "I'll wait in the car." He got into the car and locked the doors.

Kristian didn't think much of Gerard's comment-until he reached the car and found the door wouldn't open.

His brows twitched.

A cold edge crept into his voice. "Gerard Todd!"

(Inside, Gerard kept his head low, pretending not to notice.

The car's soundproofing helped. And as long as he didn't look up, he believed, he could survive the storm.

"Did you come looking for me?" Freya asked.

Kristian, still annoyed, didn't sugarcoat it. "Do I look like I'd come for you?"

"No," Freya answered without hesitation.

That stung more than he expected. He knew just how ungrateful she was. No matter how much he worried about her, in her eyes, he was just a cold, heartless

man.

"Good. I only came for the marriage certificate. If it got burned, I don't have time to redo it with you."

"If all the documents are ready, you can get a new one yourself," Freya replied, calm as ever.

Kristian fell silent, caught off guard. His emotions were all over the place.

He turned toward the car again, only to find Gerard still pretending not to notice him. He knocked on the

window

Inside, Gerard panicked. Should he open the door? What if his boss hadn't talked things over with his wife?

Before Gerard could decide, a message popped up on his phone. "Open the door now or you're fired!" Gerard's face went pale.

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Claiming Indifference, Yet

the door and stepped out like lightning. "Mr.

in his gaze enough

and quickly closed the door behind

he said

Freya nodded lightly. "Okay."

night and was gone in

suffocating. Gerard hesitated,

about Ms. Briggs. Why

you care about someone who betrayed you?"

“Betrayed? You mean she betrayed

didn't answer. He refused to mention the affair between Freya and

still a woman with a name. Even if Gerard wouldn't spread rumors,

Ms. Briggs might go back to Alerith. You may never see her

Kristian frowned.

think too much about it, thinking that Freya had

planned to leave the city,

Gerard began

finish investigating what I told you to?" Kristian

"Not yet."

wasting your

last card. "If you don't care about her, why investigate Charlie-the one linked

always acting otherwise-when would Kristian be honest with himself? No wonder things had come

nosy," Kristian warned, his

Gerard zipped his mouth.

kept drifting back to

taken up so much space in his mind

then, his phone buzzed. It was Trent. Kristian's

you find Freya?" Trent

"Isn't it Mina

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Trent fell silent.

the gut. So they were hiding something from

relieved Freya's identity hadn't been exposed. Kristian

to see what

agreed and hung up without

even ask about Freya-assuming, from Kristian's