She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 207

Chapter 206

Chapter 206 I'll Pay You

"If you don't feel like talking, then don't." Cend, y the yoga, urth com seves out of Melvin with a bit of persistence "Let's just yang dowling"

Gerard prided himself on his impressive alcohol tolerance

But there was one critical truth Gerard had completely overload. The sharpest ons die wore the m weakness to bait their prey

From the very start, Melvin had laid out a careful trap, danging past the right topje to wet Ceret's convey -his entire setup was designed to lure him in.

And regrettably, Gerard-usually sharp and perceptive as Kristian's right-hand man-don't we wy of it coming

As he watched Melvin seem to slide deeper into drunkenness, Gerard thought maybe just one more drink as Melvin would spill.

One more glass.

Then another.

And another still...

They knocked back drink after drink in relentless succession.

Eventually, the alcohol began to take a toll on Gerard too. When he saw Melvin's cheeks flush and his eyes glaze over, he figured the moment had arrived.

He slung an arm around Melvin's shoulder and leaned in, trying for a heart-to- heart, "Sometimes it's better to let it out than drown in booze. Come on-what happened between you two?"

"She's got feelings for someone else," Melvin mumbled, his voice low and muffled. His tone had shifted subtly, and he still clutched his glass in hand.

Even if Freya were sitting right there, she'd never have guessed he was putting on an act.

His expression, his pauses, even his body language-every movement was executed with such precision it looked entirely genuine.

Gerard blinked, his mind slightly fogged.

Seizing the sliver of clarity he still had, he pressed further, "So how long were you two actually together?"

Melvin hesitated, then gave a small shake of his head.

Even pretending to be drunk, he wasn't one for talking much.

But Gerard misread the silence entirely, assuming it came from heartbreak so deep it left Melvin speechless.

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him out for an

to be Ms. Briggs's boyfriend

said, irritation bleeding into

was this thick.

to keep him drinking, Melvin let his emotions show-lips set in a bitter line, and he tossed out a

measured clue.

Gerard mulled it over.

it was a

and he looked at Melvin with newfound curiosity. He hadn't expected the cool and aloof Melvin to be harboring quiet affection for someone. But who was this woman? Why had he never heard

she?" Gerard asked, thinking he was

like a fog lifting. It was as though Gerard's question had sobered him. Shaking his head,

"You can't... tell me?"

now bordered on obsession. He looked at the bottles between them and topped off their glasses. "Alright, then. One

his

doubled down, pushing drink after drink on Melvin, determined to wear

just drank enough, he'd

get wasted while he played along and stayed

the influence.

minutes later, Gerard's head was spinning like a top, and the

like that, Melvin knew the moment

could speak, Gerard threw his arm over Melvin's shoulder again and slurred, "I've drunk more with you tonight than

one question first." Melvin set his glass down, his drunken haze vanishing in an instant. In its place was the calm, razor-sharp gaze of

like that, he was back to

squinted at

Melvin asked, his

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and eyeing him warily. "Wait are you trying to

was momentarily stunned. How was Gerard not drunk yet? That didn't make

out

not telling you anything!" Gerard grumbled, shaking his head like

It's top

You

with just enough sincerity to sound

struggled to keep up.

"Yes."

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