She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 188

Chapter 188 Stop Wasting Your Time

Kristian's frosty stare landed squarely on Freya's face the moment those words left her lips, his expression laced with undisguised disbelief. "Really?"

Freya, ever the aesthete, had always held a deep appreciation for good-looking people.

And Kristian knew that better than anyone.

"What's there to doubt? Haven't you heard the saying?" she asked, her voice unbothered, her eyes slowly drifting toward him.

Kristian didn't say a word. He simply stared at her, as though bracing himself for whatever warped reasoning she was about to throw at him.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Freya said plainly, her features softening into something sincere. "As long as I like someone, I'll find them attractive no matter how they look."

"Do you actually believe that?" Kristian asked, dragging the words out with quiet skepticism.

Freya met his gaze and responded without a flicker of hesitation. "Why wouldn't I believe my own words?" Freya

With that single line, something shifted between them-something strange, tense, and undefined.

A memory flitted through Kristian's mind-Freya once asking him, "Did you not believe anything I said?"

"Can we exchange contacts?" Cyril asked then, mustering his courage, still visibly uneasy in Kristian's presence. "So we can keep in touch when we're back in Alerith."

"Sure," Freya said, already reaching into her purse for her phone.

Kristian quietly moved between them, standing directly in front of Cyril. "Eaton is calling you. Shouldn't you head over?"

Cyril blinked in confusion. He turned his head on instinct, only to see no one there.

“Eaton didn't call me..." he began, but Kristian had already whisked Freya away.

It dawned on Cyril then-Kristian wasn't just being protective. Kristian genuinely didn't want him anywhere near Freya

Kristian held Freya's hand openly, guiding her across the hotel lobby into a quiet side corridor tucked away from the crowd

Freya tugged against his grip, but his hold was unrelenting, his fingers clamped so tightly around hers it felt like they might snap her bones. If it hadn't been Lionel's grand birthday celebration, she might've lost it right then and there.

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What an absolute brute. It hurt like hell.

Kristian shoved her against the corridor

and the distance from the main hall meant no

you?" Freya scowled, wincing

Cyril?" Kristian snapped, irritation bubbling beneath his calm

owed Freya an apology-he should go along with her

Whether he treated her right or not, she would still rather talk to some stranger like

this kept up, she'd never agree

has nothing to do with you," Freya shot back, completely fed up. "And in what

Kristian faltered.

"As my ex-husband? Or someone hoping to

to me again?" Kristian asked,

He really was

to waste another minute in his presence. "Step

question," Kristian said stubbornly, his eyes fixed on

answer," Freya said coolly, her patience nearly gone. "And if you don't move,

was deserted, after

been ideal for a fight, but that didn't mean she

challenged, his jaw

punch him, but he caught her hand

a beat, she lifted her leg to kick him, but he pivoted, dodging

Freya warned, always one to respect her

else," Kristian said, knowing she wasn't that kind of woman-but that didn't mean he wanted to let her walk away so

fighting. He needed there to be something-anything-between them. Freya looked at him like he was some kind of idiot and

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start seeing someone else before

not in touch with her anymore," Kristian muttered, his voice clipped, his lips

the terminal illness thing was actually true," Freya retorted. "wouldn't you

into his features. And then he asked, "Does

Freya didn't respond.

truly couldn't bear being

someone like him had been

and kind as

she said flatly, done with the whole mess. "I have nothing left

she needed to catch, she would've cut

hadn't figured out why that man had

her arm, his tall frame radiating

Freya interrupted him