She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 164

Chapter 164 Would You Like To Reconsider It

Other than Freya, no one had ever stirred any trace of desire in Kristian-not even Ashley in the past.

With that thought quietly swirling in his mind, he took out his phone and began searching the web.

But the moment he laid eyes on the responses, his expression clouded over like a sky before a storm.

"Is this some kind of wild daydream? Only feeling attracted to one person? Ridiculous!"

"Sounds like impotence to me."

"Seriously, stop justifying it. Who on earth goes through life without a hint of desire?"

"It might actually be love. Some men are naturally disinterested in physical intimacy-until they meet the one. Then it's not lust, but something deeper. Perfectly normal."

His gaze lingered a moment longer on that final comment, as if the words had struck a chord.

Alan leaned over, trying to sneak a look, but before he could make out anything, Kristian had already locked

the screen.

"If all those questions I asked earlier didn't clear things up, there's still one last test," Alan offered, his determination unwavering. He was on a mission-to pair up this brooding man with Freya.

Kristian, ever the picture of calm, sat upright like a teacher listening to a student's drunken ramblings. "And what's that?"

"When you like someone, you want to be near them," Alan explained with a rare note of sincerity, despite the alcohol clouding his head. "You crave their voice, their presence. You want to be part of their every moment, their every day. That's how you know. Of course... minus the obsessive types."

Those words found their way into Kristian's heart like pebbles dropped into still water.

He did want to be near Freya-to speak with her, to share his time. More than anything, he couldn't bear the thought of being left out of her world entirely.

The very idea of vanishing from her life filled him with a sense of quiet despair.

"So... if that's how I feel, does that mean I love her?" he asked, the question almost rhetorical.

"Obviously!" Alan declared-then promptly slumped onto Kristian's shoulder, sound asleep.

enough away to miss most of

eyes full of mischief. "Do you think your boss mi-li Chapter

sitting close. Talking

personal space like sacred ground, hadn't brushed

off

usual tailored suit, replied without missing a

Had he accidentally unearthed some sort of hidden cret? Could Freya's cousin possibly be into men? If that were true, wouldn't that spell trouble for

asked, clearly rattled. After all, Kristian was supposed

spinning a full-blown melodrama

quickly, realizing his earlier words might've stirred up

on track. "Don't worry.

him a look that said plainly, "Do you hear yourself? You

having noticed that Alan was truly out cold, called

like a soldier caught slouching. "May I help

head back. I'll take care of Alan and

immediately stepped forward, trying to intervene. "There's really no need to trouble

take him home. He's a light sleeper and prefers to wake up in familiar

glanced at the man asleep on his shoulder, then returned his

fell silent. There was

and asked, "Do you want your

in dreams, confused the voice for

he pointed lazily at Kristian

Toby froze mid-step.

Had he just... heard that right? Had the two grown that close in such a

Kristian? He was cold as stone, a man who kept the world at arm's length. Why

chosen

don't want to reconsider?" Toby asked anxiously. "Perhaps I should still take

even flapping a

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chill steel. "Toby,

to trouble yourself," Toby stammered, brushing off the offer as fast as

away a