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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didn't say a word, her lips pressed

Briggs..." His voice trailed

by her demeanor-she was the epitome

nebunkind. "You don't need to fake a relationship with anyone. If this

brow creased subtly, her confusion mounting as she struggled to decipher his

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

remarry," Kristian replied, his gaze intense and unwavering as he locked eyes with her, searching for

him opportunities in the past to mend their fractures,

their journey, a heavy silence hung

GPS, then quietly grabbed her phone and typed out a quick message to Ethel, sharing

soon as she received the message, Ethel promptly directed the bodyguards to gather all the lavish gifts Kristian had sent and load them into

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

Shaw sent over," Ethel blurted out,

Hugh's expression clouded with concern, prompting Ethel to

a nonchalant tone, she asked while watching the bodyguards

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

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

strokes on a canvas. Now, shadows

happened to her?" "Kristian took her

washed over Hugh, his thoughts momentarily drifting back to the day's lunch gathering that had preoccupied him all afternoon. "Don't fret too much. If Kristian dares harm Freya, he'll answer to

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if she was

is it?" Hugh looked up, his voice laden with a mix of

today?" Ethel's youthful sensitivity often led

into situations.

a stern visage replacing his earlier relaxed demean "That's the

a frenzy, eager to

for words, her questioning striking deeper than expected. He turned away, his steps faltering as he headed inside, his usual poised demeanor

coloring her tone. "Is there an issue with

as he grappled with his feelings. "I just can't fathom why she, who is usually so compassionate, would act so harshly towards Cheryl

after all, only human, subject to the whims of

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

hadn't anticipated such resistance. He had always hoped Freya would confront him directly if she opposed his marriage plans. That

openly.