She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 142

Chapter 142 She Has Nothing To Do With You

Gerard blinked, caught off guard by how little Melvin seemed to care.

"You're aware of my boss's reputation, right?"

Fraught with concern, he couldn't mask the worry etching his voice. He leaned in, dropping his voice to a whisper. "Listen, if he catches wind of you chasing after Ms. Briggs, trust me, he won't let you off easy."

"But they're no longer together, right?" Melvin's response was straightforward, cutting through the caution with a hint of defiance.

"Yes, they've split, but it's not as simple as you think," Gerard replied, struggling to find the right words. He looked earnestly at Melvin, his hands gesturing helplessly. "Just trust me on this one, Melvin. For the sake of your own future, it's better if you back off now."

"I can't do that," Melvin declared, his resolve firm.

"Melvin!" Gerard's voice rose sharply, a note of desperation creeping in.

They're divorced now, which means Freya's officially back on the market," Melvin said firmly, his tone steady and resolute. "And since she's single, I've got every right to go after her."

Gerard gave him a wary look. "My boss wants to patch things up with her."

Melvin scoffed, eyes narrowing, "And why exactly should I give a damn?"

"You know how he is-once he sets his mind on something, he doesn't back down," Gerard noted, trying to sound calm, but his voice carried a warning edge. "If you seriously go after Ms. Briggs, he's got a thousand ways to keep the two of you apart."

Melvin's jaw set stubbornly, his final words ringing with conviction. "I'm not backing down. If your boss has a problem with that, he can come and see me himself."

Gerard hesitated, words catching in his throat as Melvin's retreating figure blended into the shadows of the corridor. The decision loomed heavy over him.

Melvin, stubborn to the core, was a man of unyielding conviction once his mind was made up.

Yet, Gerard's loyalty to his boss tangled him in a knot of indecision.

Trapped between the steadfastness of his friend and the authority of his boss, Gerard wrestled with his conflicting emotions.

After going back and forth in his head a hundred times, he finally yanked out his phone and dialed Kristian's

number.

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His logic was straightforward-since Melvin had no intention of backing down, the only smart move left was to give Kristian a heads-up.

This way, there would be no underhand tactics-just a fair battleground for both of them.

in the office, working late

the contract Chaz had signed, his fingers tapping the eye of the document while his brows

that was far too generous-it

his desk. "Can someone explain to me

buzz of Kristian's

flashed urgently. With a sense of foreboding, Kristian

that a call at this

Kristian's voice

news," Gerard replied, his voice

had already been marred by a disastrous contract negotiation, and now Gerard's grave tone added

Gerard informed

misheard. A date? The thought

question

"No."

Kristian pressed, his curiosity piqued despite

knuckles turning white as images he'd long tried to suppress came flooding back in a relentless tide. He managed to ask through gritted teeth, "Where are

the silence stretching

Melvin's earnest expression earlier, which made him hesitate. Finally, he asked, with a

by the second, the frost in his

Why the hell

the wrong way but I think it's something we need

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that he was just a man who hadn't yet come to terms

emotions.

Gerard wanted was for Freya

in his temple twitching. His patience was thinning fast.

question slipping out in a resh. Kristian didn't answer right away. His deep eyes gave nothing away, as if they were bottomless wells,

your feelings for her, then perhaps it's best not to interfere with

as he asked, "What

happiness came before anything else. "If you haven't come to terms with your own emotions, you shouldn't interfere with their relationship," he advised, his

by his family,

real struggles. In boardrooms, he was applauded; in daily life, he was envied. With

little too used to getting his way,

Freya, they wouldn't find happiness together. "Address!" The command

but his resolve was clear-he could not let

separation, Kristian had been lost in the echoes of their past. Each memory of Freya, no longer his, constricted his heart with a sharp

with true affection, yet filled with remorse

heart, Freya belonged to

observed Freya and Melvin quietly

it would take for Kristian to reach them. With a reluctant sigh,

the address.