She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 171

Chapter 171 Why Had He Chosen Kristian

"He just asked if you wanted him or me to send you. You picked him." Toby didn't sugarcoat it.

Though Alan and Kristian had seemed a bit too familiar the night before, Toby

didn't bring that up-those

weren't Kristian's words.

Alan let out a long sigh, defeated.

He muttered that he wanted to be left alone and waved Toby away. The eat of the day, he locked himself in the office, drowning in regret.

Freya, meanwhile, had spent the entire day waiting for him to take action.

But by the time the office clocks ticked toward closing, not a single word had been said about apologizing to Kristian.

At exactly 5:30 PM, her phone buzzed with a message.

Kristian had written to say his new phone was ready and asked if she could help transfer the data.

She replied simply, "Okay."

Remembering how he'd used her phone to call Gerard the night before, she hesitated a second. Just in case he caught a glimpse of what she'd previously labeled him-"Jerk"-she quickly updated his contact name to "Kristian".

But the more she thought about it, the more self-conscious she felt. That kind of precaution was suspicious in itself.

So in the end, she switched it back to "Jerk", as if to remind herself not to fall too deep into that murky water. After putting her phone away, she headed to Alan's office.

Inside, he hadn't accomplished a single thing all day.

Paperwork had piled up on his desk.

"What's wrong with you?" Freya asked, noting the slump in his shoulders and the haze behind his eyes. "You look half-dead. Are you sick?"

"No."

Her eyes scanned him like

tone as dry

he had survived the day was anyone's

mask of energy onto his weary face. The second they left, he deflated again like a balloon with a slow leak. Never in his life had he felt so awkward, so

day-he was running from the situation. "Then go

need. I'm just... gathering the courage." Alan turned her down. She had said she wanted to

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as her cousin, he couldn't just dump

"Take your time. I'm heading

Alan called out,

couldn't go by

Kristian's place alone, what if Kristian mocked him

least with Freya there, Kristian might

with a mix

with his pride, Alan finally said, "Help me finish these documents first.

She didn't

sprang from his chair and rushed after her, stepping in front of the door

the older cousin,"

Does being older mean I can't

was hard to

once, okay? I really can't think straight today. Just once!"

long, searching look. Eventually,

be late, then sat down to start reviewing the documents. For every one she

watched her move efficiently through the stack, a strange sense of

this moment, watching Freya's poise and focus, be thought

"Mine"

charming," he

the verge of scolding him, but seeing that

time the last document was signed, the