She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 154

Chapter 154 She Didn't Used To Be Like This

Gerard stayed silent, his mind racing.

directly?

Why didn't Melvin confront Kristian directly?

Melvin had put him in a precarious position!

"And honestly, if he had any decency as an ex-husband, he'd stop hovering

around his ex-wife all the time,"

Melvin remarked, his voice laced with annoyance. "Freya won't be fooled by a few days of attention; he can't

just swoop in and win her back like that."

Gerard's heart slammed against his ribcage.

Something about Kristian's frosty attitude truly scared him.

"And another thing," Melvin added, eyes narrowing.

Gerard felt the edges of panic gnawing at him. There was more? Wasn't it bad enough that he'd already thrown

him under the bus?

"Freya is my girlfriend now. If he has any dignity, he'll back off," Melvin declared with a cold finality.

Without waiting for a response, he ended the call with a heartless click.

His words kept replaying in Gerard's mind, slicing deeper each time. Attempting to defuse the tension, Gerard managed a weak smile and said, "Melvin has a strange sense of humor, huh? Just try not to take it to heart." "He's never joking!" Freya shot back sharply, her voice tinged with certainty. Gerard was on the brink of tears, his emotions teetering as if on a cliff's edge. Freya's actions only compounded his distress, twisting the knife deeper into his already aching heart.

"Tell him after you get out of the car-" Kristian seemed unaffected by the earlier conversation, displaying a calm that bordered on indifference. He didn't pick up any hint of possessiveness or romantic affection from Melvin towards Freya, nor did he sense any animosity that might come from a love rival.

To him, Melvin's stance was that of a person merely defending a friend.

Gerard, caught off-guard, faltered. "What?"

Kristian's voice was steady, almost detached. "If he's never even been in a relationship, then why is he trying to fake one with someone else?" Lifting his eyelids slowly, his gaze was deep, his eyes a well of secrets. "Imagine how awkward it would be if his act were to fall apart."

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a word, her

and Ms. Briggs..." His voice trailed off as he stole a glance at Freya through the rearview

her

squarely at Freya, his tone firm yet nebunkind. "You don't need to fake a relationship with anyone. If this is merely a ruse to deter my affections, then even if you pretended with ten people, it

her confusion mounting as she struggled to decipher his

exactly do you want from me?" she asked, her voice tinged with a mix of

replied, his gaze intense and unwavering as he locked eyes with her, searching for a flicker

opportunities in the past to mend their fractures, but some chances, once squandered, were

journey, a heavy

her phone and typed out a quick message to Ethel, sharing Kristian's

bodyguards to gather all the lavish gifts Kristian had sent and load them into the

briskly through the room with determined steps, blinked in confusion. "Sheila, what are you doing

blurted out, his tone sharp

expression clouded with concern, prompting

asked while watching the bodyguards

his lips tightening before he finally broached the subject.

implications, as Ethel paused mid- thought. Her once bright expression dimmed, reflecting the

canvas. Now, shadows of concern etched her features. "You seem indifferent about Mina's absence, yet fuss

shift, responded, "What happened to her?" "Kristian took her away," she replied, her

had preoccupied him all afternoon. "Don't fret too much. If Kristian dares harm Freya, he'll answer to me," he assured her,

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if she was seeing Hugh for

up, his voice laden with a

today?" Ethel's youthful sensitivity often led her to

into situations.

his earlier relaxed demean

being taken by Kristian would have sent you into a frenzy, eager to

deeper than expected. He turned away, his steps

her

se," Hugh began, his voice softening as he grappled with his feelings. "I just can't fathom why she, who is

subject to the whims of his

understood why you both were upset. She even admitted that if she were in your shoes, with her father planning to

He had always hoped Freya would confront

openly.