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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word, her lips pressed into

that Melvin and Ms. Briggs..." His voice trailed off

confirmed by her

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,

mounting as she struggled

her voice tinged with a mix of

us to remarry," Kristian replied, his gaze intense and unwavering as he locked eyes with her, searching for a flicker of

given him opportunities in the past to mend

remainder of their journey, a heavy

glanced at the GPS, then quietly grabbed her phone and

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

her move briskly through the room with determined steps, blinked in confusion.

over," Ethel blurted out,

spoke, Hugh's expression clouded with concern, prompting Ethel

asked while watching the bodyguards

lips tightening before he finally broached the subject. "Did Mina

heavy with implications, as Ethel paused mid- thought. Her once bright

her face like vivid strokes on a canvas. Now, shadows of concern etched her features. "You seem

the sudden shift, responded, "What happened to her?" "Kristian took

back to the day's lunch gathering that had preoccupied him all afternoon. "Don't fret

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she was seeing Hugh for

his voice

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

into situations.

earlier relaxed demean "That's the most ridiculous thing I've

this were any other day, the mere mention of Mina being taken by Kristian would have sent you into a frenzy, eager to retrieve her or at least make a call." Her

questioning striking deeper than expected. He turned away, his steps faltering as he headed

after him, persistence coloring her tone.

he grappled with his feelings. "I just can't fathom why she, who is usually so compassionate,

was, after all, only human, subject to the

a soft tone, "As soon as you stormed off, Cheryl confided in me. She said she understood why you

today, he hadn't anticipated such resistance. He had always hoped Freya would confront him directly if she opposed his marriage plans. That way, he could have respected

openly.