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 impromptu

Ms. Briggs's boyfriend before? Could it be your actual

her." Melvin said, irritation bleeding into his voice. He couldn't

was this thick.

set in a bitter line, and he tossed out

measured clue.

Gerard mulled it over.

was a

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 a word? Melvin had never

she?" Gerard asked, thinking he was

was as though Gerard's question had sobered him. Shaking his head, Melvin said quietly, "I can't

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

He looked at the bottles between them and topped

his voice cool and

drink after drink on Melvin, determined

figured if Melvin just drank

get wasted while he

what Gerard hadn't accounted for was Melvin's stubbornness-even under the influence. Every time Melvin took a shot, he insisted Gerard

spinning like a top, and

Melvin knew the moment

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

tell you-if you answer 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 a man completely in

that, he was back to his usual self-cool, measured,

squinted at

about with Freya's grandfather today?" Melvin asked, his tone deceptively

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his arm back and eyeing him warily. "Wait

not drunk yet? That didn't make sense.

out

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

us. It's

not Freya. You can

calm, reassuring-laced with

struggled to keep up.

"Yes."

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