She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 258

Chapter 258 I Just Want

Her To Be Safe

"You're not going." Frederick grabbed Kristian firmly, his face etched with urgency. "He's just using scare tactics.

Freya can handle herself. You've got to trust her."

"But what if something goes wrong?" Kristian's presence was cold and

commanding, his tailored suit only

amplifying the intensity of his aura.

He couldn't afford to take that kind of risk.

Soaking in icy water was dangerous-especially for a woman-and he couldn't stand by and let that happen.

"Freya knows what she's doing. You've got to believe in her," Frederick insisted again.

"How exactly is she supposed to handle it?" Kristian lowered his eyes, his voice calm but razor-sharp. His

question struck Frederick dumb. "She's not going in there as your teammate- she's going as my ex-wife. What

do you expect her to do in a place she doesn't know, surrounded by strangers? You think she's going to blow

her cover?"

Frederick stood frozen under the barrage of questions, words caught somewhere in his throat.

If Freya didn't want to expose her identity, then she wouldn't use her skills. That much made sense.

Because if she did, Brendan would know she was K.

But...

"You'll get sick sitting out there all night in just a shirt," Frederick tried again, switching tactics. "That place he told you to go? It's two, maybe three degrees Celsius at dawn."

Even bundled in a heavy coat, it'd be bone-chilling. And Kristian wasn't even dressed for it.

Kristian paused, considering, then muttered, "It doesn't matter what happens to me. I just want her to be safe."

"Didn't Freya ask you to trust her?" Frederick threw out his last card. "If you go now, you're telling her you don't. Aren't you afraid she'll walk away for good?"

Was he? Kristian asked himself that very thing. He was afraid. Terrified.

But deep down, he knew-Freya had already walked away. The fact that she'd forgiven him proved it.

"She's already moved on." Something in his tone shifted, like he'd finally accepted it. "No matter what I do,

she's not coming back, is she?"

Frederick's voice caught in his throat.

His lips parted, but no words came out.

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the location Brendan had given him. He didn't understand why Brendan was

All he

agreeing to

she had a personal vendetta

It should've been him from

stop Kristian, so he called Trent

everything Frederick relayed, Trent merely advised him to stay composed and keep tracking

As for Kristian...

no controlling

was the kind of man who did what he wanted, no matter what

little after nine in the morning in Alerith, but one in the morning

Kristian, Brendan went to bed. He got up later, had breakfast, went about his day-and by the time everything was done, it

in Alerith, it was six

checked the time, then had Freya brought up from

more like a

up and even

warily. "How long do you plan on

I'll be taking you away soon," Brendan replied with

leave, there's something I want you to

Freya didn't reply.

handed her an iPad

it, hesitant, but curious

white shirt

Freya knew that silhouette. "Why are you

has some lingering feelings," Brendan said, arching

by the sea all night or let

frowned. So Frederick hadn't been able to stop

her far from Kristian-he wanted to do it close, where

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all night, she figured it'd probably be no

She could handle that.

when

him?" Freya

like the question and quickly

"Natasha."

"What?" Natasha looked up.

to Dora Isle in three

at Freya.

"Take them with us."

"Got it."

Brendan

Natasha, who was packing up a computer, "Where's Dora

Island," Natasha explained casually. "Brendan bought it and renamed