She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 153

Chapter 153 He's Not Good Enough For Her

Kristian was blissfully unaware that both Liam and Lionel thought he was emotionally clueless.

Just as Freya was about to leave with Ethel, 'he reached out and caught her wrist. "Running away again?"

"Running from what, exactly?" Freya blinked, completely thrown off. She couldn't tell what game he was playing now.

"You must've heard what my grandpa said," Kristian said, his voice steady but laced with pressure. His eyes were deep, unreadable pools. “If I don't win you over within three months, he's going to shove me into an arranged marriage."

Freya didn't even flinch. "And then what?"

"Do you still think this is just my problem?" Kristian's gaze bore into her, his voice a low thunder.

Freya remained indifferent. "Isn't it?"

"If you hadn't made such a stellar first impression-if you hadn't charmed my grandpa until he was singing your praises-do you think I'd be in this mess?" His tone sharpened like a blade.

Clearly, he was laying the blame at Freya's feet, as if she'd lit the fire he was now trying to put out.

Watching the tension simmer like a pot on the verge of boiling over, Ethel quietly sat down nearby, choosing the role of silent spectator rather than stepping into the storm.

This wasn't a scene meant for interruption. It was theater-messy, unscripted, and charged.

"Freya," Kristian called her name again, his voice a strange cocktail of warmth and ice. "You ought to have at least a shred of conscience. If I end up trapped in a loveless marriage, you'll carry part of that burden."

Freya stared at him in disbelief. "How about you try having a little self-respect first?"

"That deal we made? It's off the table," Kristian declared, as if reclaiming a lost battlefield. “Instead of staying out of your way, the new arrangement is this-you stay with me until my grandpa finally drops the idea of pushing me to another random woman.

The declaration seemed to offer him a moment of relief.

Lately, he'd been haunted by regret-why had he ever agreed to terms that gained him nothing? If he failed those three challenges, would that mean losing her forever?

The thought gnawed at him, especially when images of her first love or that ever- hovering Charlie danced through his mind like unwelcome ghosts.

Freya's brows pinched together. Her voice came low and biting. "Keep dreaming."

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With that, she turned to leave.

But Kristian caught her arm again.

Freya wasn't the type to be flustered by such tactics anymore. She had always been able to shake off his gri with ease.

she tried to slip free using

third time-and still, his hand stayed clamped like

quickly realized: there would be no easy

let you go all those other times because I couldn't stop you?" Kristian leaned in,

triggered a reflex in Freya.

this suffocating

she liked Kristian even

at Ethel, who remained seated nearby, and turned back

or do I need to drag you

push your luck," Freya snapped, fury flickering in

in her eyes, Kristian's expression softened-just a bit. At

slow and

Freya called out firmly, her

up at

instructions calmly. "Call the bodyguards to pick you up. I'll

she subtly moved the hand Kristian

deeper than blood. Ethel had been about to question her-what business could she possibly have at Kristian's place? But Freya's discreet signal told her

nodded and responded in

felt a flicker of unease crawl beneath his skin. He knew Freya wasn't the type to cave in this easily. But he couldn't quite put his finger on what felt off. On

moment's pause, he chose

stepped out of the mall, a shadowy figure emerged from a

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sat side by side in the

his boss, he did a double take, as if he'd just

Freya replied

quickly focused on the road, not daring to make another peep. The last

the drive, he suddenly

Ms. Briggs, Melvin always says his big boss is something of a legend. That

lied without

"Then your relationship is...?"

direct superior, not the big boss," she

stretch of silence

was

weight of his gaze, but

two in a kind of... romantic chase before?" Kristian

Freya didn't hesitate. "Completely."

glanced at

in a relationship," she added abruptly, her tone

was joking or not, no one could

chilled.

confirmed,

buy it. Not one