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."

it?" Her eyes scanned him like a

a tone as dry as

survived the

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

running from the situation. "Then go through these files. I'll deal

her down. She had said she wanted to

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and as her cousin, he couldn't just dump the task

argue. She merely said, "Take your time. I'm heading over

out,

couldn't go

place alone, what

there, Kristian might tone

him with a mix of curiosity

Alan finally said, "Help me finish these documents first. Just give me

leaving" She

chair and rushed after her, stepping in front of the door like a

older cousin," she pointed

older mean I

surprisingly, was hard to

think straight today. Just once!" Alan pleaded, softening his

a long, searching look. Eventually, his

sent a quick message to Kristian, letting him know she'd be late, then

her move efficiently through the stack, a strange sense of

moment, watching Freya's poise and focus, be thought she put every working man to shame. She

"Mine"

really charming," he

on the verge of scolding him, but seeing that his spirits had lifted even a little,

document was