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.

the office, working late into the

the eye of the document while his brows drew

Group had landed a deal that was far too generous-it was a steal compared

looked up, eyes narrowing as he locked his gaze on Chaz and Richie, both standing tensely in front of his desk. "Can someone explain to

them could react, the sudden buzz of Kristian's

flashed urgently. With a sense of foreboding, Kristian answered the

Gerard well enough to understand that

on?" Kristian's voice was

replied, his

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

is out on a date," Gerard informed after a heavy sigh, his words slow

a moment, Kristian was sure he'd misheard. A date? The thought echoed oddly in

disbelief, the question

"No."

pressed, his

grip on the phone tightened, his knuckles turning white as images he'd long tried to suppress came flooding back in a relentless

silence stretching

earlier, which made him hesitate. Finally, he asked, with a hint of caution in his voice, "Why

the second, the frost

Why the hell wouldn't he

wrong way but I think it's something we need to talk about," Gerard renlied tone earnest, believing deeply

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that he was just

emotions.

wanted was for Freya to find

jaw tightened, the vein in his temple twitching. His patience was

didn't answer right away. His deep eyes gave nothing away, as if they were bottomless

unsure about your

and dangerous as he asked, "What exactly

and Melvin is serious about her." Gerard always believed that happiness came before anything else. "If you haven't come to terms with your own emotions, you shouldn't interfere with their

had coasted through life with ease-showered with love by his family, praised for his academic brilliance,

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

little too used to getting his

"Address!" The command came from Kristian in a tone as icy as the winds of the harshest

might have been a tangled web, but his resolve

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

with true affection, yet

Freya belonged to him-forever

Freya and Melvin quietly dining, he took a

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

the address.