She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 108

Chapter 108 Gerard's

Remarks Touched A Nerve

Gathering his courage, Gerard rapped gently on the office door and tentatively called out, "Excuse me, Mr. Shaw."

"Enter, please." Kristian's voice, ever composed, carried an unmistakable undertone of frostiness this time. Gerard, sensing the subtle shift, took a deep, steadying breath and pushed the door open, documents clutched in his hand. "These are the documents requiring your signature today. Please review them at your leisure."

"Just set them over there," Kristian instructed, his tone detached.

Gerard complied without hesitation, setting the documents neatly on the designated spot. "Understood."

Though urgency gnawed at him, he was acutely aware that any pressure applied now could backfire spectacularly.

Considering his own financial well-being his salary, bonuses, and precious vacation time-he had thought it wise to defuse Kristian's temper first.

"Mr. Shaw, are you still perturbed by the news I shared earlier today?" Initially, Gerard had planned a more cautious approach, but on reflection, chose to tackle the issue head-on.

Kristian, his thoughts tangled with Freya's apparent disinterest, barely masked his distraction. "No."

"Could it be..." Gerard ventured further.

"Do you not have more pressing matters to attend to?" Kristian interrupted.

"None that surpass the importance of addressing your concerns," Gerard responded softly, his tone laced with

concern.

Kristian shifted his gaze from the laptop screen to Gerard.

"If there's nothing more, feel free to return to your tasks." Kristian refrained from displaying his irritation openly, yet his features grew distinctly frosty. "Please, make sure to collect the documents at day's end."

Hearing this, Gerard found himself torn, uncertain whether to depart or linger a moment longer.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Kristian's voice carried a trace of impatience, signaling his desire for a brief exchange.

Gerard stood motionless, rooted to the spot.

Drawing on years of experience and his recent observations of Kristian's mood swings, he concluded that only something related to Freya or Ashley could trigger such a response.

disturbed Kristian,

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face for any shift in emotion. "Might there be more specific details you could share that might

eyes narrowed as he delivered a chilling rebuke. "Cease your investigation; it's no longer

Confusion clouded Gerard's mind.

my presence, or discussing anything associated with her," Kristian declared, his voice laden with fury, his feelings visibly

of the situation instantly.

explicitly instruct you to avoid that topic?" Kristian snapped back, his annoyance intensifying

ending their marriage, especially after he had rectified his issues with Ashley and vowed

was driving her relentless

details of your fallout with Ms. Briggs," Gerard began tentatively, his admiration for Freya making

fixed him with a piercing stare. Was Gerard daring to challenge

beat as he realized what he had just implied. His brain whirred, his body tensing up Good

was icy, slicing through the

scrambling to regain his composure. How could he extricate himself from this predicament? Silently, he begged for a way

shouldn't get a divorce?" Kristian's voice

blinked in astonishment. Kristian actually didn't want the

it?

disbelief, and he stammered, "You mean you're

the one pushing for it," Kristian responded, his tone cold

where she had coldly told him to leave, reignited his

to understand

Ashley's character questionable and didn't

However, Freya, fiercely independent, wasn't about to let

makes sense why

expression clouded over, his sense of betrayal palpable.

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sense? How could he not see the

from her angle, her stance might not seem wrong," Gerard suggested gently,

role of

the surface once more. How was it possible that it wasn't

driven by her feelings for Mr. Seymour, but at the last possible moment, she discovered he wasn't the honorable

I feel?" Kristian deflected, choosing not to

boiling with indignation from the