She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 113

My Heart

Chapter 113 Freya's

Promise

Freya caught the hint immediately. "He?" she asked, a knowing look in her eyes.

Ashley hesitated, realizing she had let something slip.

She paused, carefully weighing her next words. The mission had already crumbled like a house of cards. Whether she was caught or managed to escape, she would inevitably fall into that man's clutches.

The choice to speak or stay silent seemed like a matter of little consequence.

"If I tell you, can you promise me that you'll protect my family?" Ashley asked, her voice quiet but firm. "They're just ordinary people, and they don't deserve this."

"Speak first," Freya replied, not yet willing to give her promise.

Ashley wasn't sure why, but hearing that simple response eased the knot in her chest.

She looked at Freya and said, "Ask away. There's so much I could say, I don't know where to start."

Did that person order you to kidnap me?" Freya asked.

"Yes," Ashley answered.

"Why?"

Ashley confessed, her voice barely above a whisper, "He wanted me to create a compromising video of you, something he could use to force you into doing his bidding."

Freya didn't say much more, her gaze steady. She continued, "What does he want me to do?"

"He wants you to stay close to Kristian, to follow his commands whenever he gives them," Ashley said, feeling

a weight slowly lifting off her shoulders. "My return was part of his plan too."

"He wants you to marry Kristian?" Freya asked, piecing it together.

"Yes."

obey him so completely?" Freya's

reflection of the helplessness she felt. "He controls every part of my life. Everything I do, everything I am-it's all

a world where law and

and scrolled to a picture,

my grandma and my younger brother," she

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words tinged with sorrow, "They're being cared for by that man's subordinate. I've always done as I'm told, and in return, he's promised to look after them. My parents are gone. My grandma has dementia, and my brother's still

her brow,

with Kristian, my grandma was very ill. I was struggling. My career wasn't going anywhere, and I had no money. I tried hinting that I needed help in my career, but whether he didn't understand or didn't care, after months of waiting

been straightforward with him," Freya

I thought... I thought he would offer without me having to ask. But when we broke up. just two days later, that man approached me. He promised easy money if I helped him. I

vendetta against Kristian?" Freya asked,

surprise. "How... how did you

to marry Kristian in order to steal Shaw Group's business secrets, isn't he?" Freya said, a sharp edge

harm Kristian, there would've been

jaw dropped, stunned by how

but no words

cutting the conversation short. "But if something like this happens again,

felt like a heavy burden had been lifted from her

there was unlikely

would probably mean a life spent trapped in that basement,

the

you just say you wouldn't report it?" Ashley

"I want the police to arrest

hesitated, uncertainty flickering in

you, I'll vouch for you," Freya

did as instructed, dialing the police with newfound

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Freya's mind seemed to wander, and she asked, "Besides today, have

responded quickly, almost

turning the car toward the city. By the time they arrived at an

her voice steady but intense, "No matter who you're up against, don't let them control your

froze, struck by the weight of

swelled with a mixture of joy

really willing to protect