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 into a thin

a realization dawned on Gerard. "You're implying that Melvin and Ms. Briggs..." His voice trailed off as he stole a glance at Freya

suspicion seemed confirmed by her demeanor-she was

this is merely a ruse to deter my affections,

mounting as

her voice tinged with a

want us to remarry," Kristian replied, his gaze intense and unwavering as he locked eyes with

the past to mend their fractures, but

the remainder of their journey, a heavy silence hung

then quietly grabbed her phone and typed out a

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

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

over," Ethel blurted out,

with concern, prompting

a nonchalant tone, she asked while watching the bodyguards

hesitated, his lips tightening before he finally broached the subject. "Did

in the air, heavy with implications, as Ethel paused mid- thought. Her

canvas. Now, shadows of

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

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

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frowned, her gaze piercing as if she was

his voice laden with

Mina less after what happened today?" Ethel's youthful

into situations.

face hardened, a stern visage replacing his earlier relaxed demean "That's the most ridiculous thing

being taken by Kristian would have sent you into a frenzy, eager to retrieve her or at least make a call." Her emotions were palpable, her heart a tumultuous sea that refused

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

trailed after him, persistence coloring her tone. "Is there an issue with

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

all, only human, subject to

the surface, Hugh added in a soft tone, "As soon as you stormed off, Cheryl confided in me. She said she understood why you both were upset. She even admitted that if she were in your shoes, with her father planning to remarry, she'd be just

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

openly.