She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 149

Chapter 149 Agreed To Meet Cheryl

Melvin flicked his eyes to the rearview mirror, catching the silence radiating from Freya like a heavy fog "Is something troubling you?" he asked, his voile calm but curious.

“No,” Freya murmured, easing back into her seat and pinching the bridge of her nose. You don't have to pretend to be my boyfriend anymore. I cleared things up with Kristian last night."

"All right,” Melvin responded without hesitation, accepting her words with ease. Feeling drained, Freya let her eyes drift shut, hoping for a moment's peace.

Seeing Brady again had stirred long-buried memories.

She was never officially enlisted in the military-just an ordinary civilian who could be summoned when needed, then allowed to return to a life that looked normal from the outside. It had been ages since she'd last gone on

a mission.

As the car continued on, Melvin couldn't shake the sense that something was off about her today. Instead of heading to the office, he quietly redirected the car toward her home, where Hugh and Ethel lived.

Freya said little.

Once they arrived, she went upstairs without a word and went straight to bed.

Today, it was only her and Hugh at home, Ethel had returned to campus for classes.

After passing the company's reins to Alan, Hugh spent most of his time at home, occasionally sneaking away to visit someone who clearly meant a great deal to

him.

"Mina," he called out, summoning the nerve just as she reached the stairs.

Ethel had once suggested that if he wanted to rebuild his relationship with Freya, he had to speak more often.

Freya paused, hand resting on the banister, and glanced down. "What is it?"

"Can we sit down and talk? Hugh asked, cautiously, his face tinged with unease. "It's been ages since we just talked or even watched TV together."

Those words gave Freya pause.

Images of a younger Hugh sitting beside her during her childhood, trying to cook despite his utter lack of skill,

surfaced in her mind.

simmering in her heart, she came

mother down, but he had still been a decent

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her come down, Hugh breathed a quiet sigh

merit.

opinion on," he said with a nervous twitch, pressing his lips together. “Should we formally

to risk what Vivien had hinted

than whispers behind

need

nodded, a shadow of disappointment flickering

world to

Hugh-something he had long meant to say. But the words snagged in his throat, tangled

immediately. "Is there something

"There is," Hugh admitted.

"What is it?"

faltered, his

tear apart the fragile

this matter had already lingered too

together and said bluntly, "Are

marriage with

froze. How had she figured

know?" he asked,

her," Freya said, holding

to Hugh's shock, she added,

was taken aback, his eyes wide, momentarily too stunned

want to meet her?" he asked, voice shaking ever

your relationship, and I haven't forgiven you," Freya said flatly. "I just don't want the family falling into

inevitable. Freya couldn't stop it, and doing so wouldn't change anything. What she could

Cheryl was a kind soul, but Freya remained

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walked away after what happened, not stayed tethered to Hugh for over