She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 196

Chapter 196 Everyone's Got To Stumble Before They...

"Why don't you worry about your own mess first?" Kristian said coldly as he strolled toward his car.

"My mess is all cleaned up," Felipe shot back, his usual lazy smirk and gleam of mischief creeping back into place. "Freya said Farrah's coming back to find me in a bit."

After all, he and Farrah were still husband and wife-unlike Kristian and Freya.

Kristian's expression shifted, barely perceptible.

"Are you certain that's what Freya said?"

"She told me back at the hotel, maybe two or three hours ago," Felipe replied plainly, holding nothing back. "She may have left you hanging, but don't worry-I'd never leave a friend high and dry."

"Are you really that sure Farrah's not coming back just to file the divorce papers?" Kristian cut straight through the pleasantries.

Felipe's smile stiffened.

Kristian laid it out, sharp and cold. "After everything you put her through, if you were her, would you forgive?"

Felipe didn't need a second to ponder. The answer hit him before he could blink.

All his earlier bravado and teasing spirit drained in an instant. Something about what Kristian said rang painfully true. If Farrah really was coming back, it was probably to end things for good.

With that gnawing thought, he yanked open the car door and stepped out, intending to storm back into the hotel and demand answers from Freya.

Kristian grabbed his arm. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm going to ask your ex-wife a few questions," Felipe said, tone turning cold and stripped of humor.

Gone was the man who'd been poking fun at Kristian moments ago-he'd flipped into someone else entirely.

Kristian didn't budge, blocking his path. "It won't do any good."

"I've got to try."

"If you run up there now, all you'll do is walk away with nothing-and maybe a bruised ego if she kicks you out," Kristian said evenly. "Think before you act."

But Felipe wasn't about to back down. He needed clarity, and nothing else mattered.

Kristian leaned against the car, calm as ever, and added thoughtfully as Felipe started forward, "Ask yourself—

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her? What advantage do you

couldn't beat her physically. Her background far outshone his. When it came down to it, he had

can't rein her in?" he asked, feeling

started the engine, and drove

at the hotel one last

when Farrah might return and to find out what she'd been up

Kristian's words echoed loud in his mind.

in easily. And more than that-she was

the hotel, Liam had already

but Isaac

over with

walked Freya and her father back to their hotel?"

through Kristian's eyes,

closely. As his mother, she understood him

said nothing more then-just decided

ride, with Kristian behind the wheel and Isaac

finally spoke, her

"Yes?"

still planning on going to Alerith?" she asked, beating around the bush. But he understood what she really meant.

to talk him out of it, but the words

Freya was keeping her distance now. The warmth

he might just push

doing," Kristian said quietly. He understood what she

but he wasn't ready to give up just yet. Even if Freya acted like he didn't

least, he needed to uncover whoever had been pulling

wanted nothing to do with

press further.

obvious something was weighing on Kristian.

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Lionel to rest early.

see the storm simmering beneath his calm

room, Lionel, still not asleep, let out a heavy sigh. "I warned him he'd regret