She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Walls, Wheels, and Wounds 260

Chapter 260 Completely Unhinged

Both Brendan and Natasha turned to Freya at the exact same time.

Freya's face didn't shift in the slightest; she wasn't about to give anything away- not until the final moment arrived.

"Or maybe she's K," Ashley snapped, pointing her finger at Natasha with a shrug that said she had nothing left to lose. "If you're still not convinced, you can say I'm K."

Brendan let out a quiet chuckle. "Are you really that eager to get your brother killed?"

"I've already told you," Ashley said sharply. "You're the one who refuses to believe me."

Brendan studied her.

Ashley met his gaze head-on, and for once, the fear that had been gnawing at her seemed to recede. "You want me to name someone I've never seen or heard of? How the hell am I supposed to do that? Go on, kill me. Maybe K will swoop in and rescue me."

"You've got a death wish, don't you?" Brendan murmured, idly lifting her chin between his fingers.

Ashley's heart thudded in her chest. "It's you who wants me dead!"

"If you don't know, just admit it. Why get all worked up?" He let go of her chin and casually drew her into his lap, "How could I ever not trust you?"

Ashley didn't flinch.

She knew his moods too well. One second he was cold and cruel, the next he was playing the tender lover. He was completely unhinged.

"If you listen to me, your brother stays alive." Brendan gently tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear.

Ashley's body quivered ever so slightly, a chill running down her spine as sweat soaked the back of her blouse.

Freya, watching it all unfold, wasn't fooled for a second. That so-called tender touch? It wasn't affection-it was a calculated check for any hidden earpiece.

His mind worked in twisted, meticulous ways.

"Ashley," Brendan said sweetly, his voice coated with charm, like he was in unusually high spirits.

The sound sent ice straight through her veins. Any warmth she had left was gone.

Brendan grabbed her chin again, forcing her to look at him. "Are you mad at me?"

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"I dare not."

let you bite me to vent your anger?" He coaxed her, his tone as patient and gentle as

might've passed for a doting

Ashley only

seen firsthand just how fast he could

Brendan said, his long fingers pinching her waist with a smile that looked more

Ashley didn't say it out loud, but she thought it

"Your grandma's in pain, old and frail. I'm doing this for her sake. Can't you see I

gave a sharp twist, and that awful scene she'd just seen sprang

pay-every last drop of blood he owed-for what he did to her

noticing the flicker in her eyes. He pinched her harder

her. Forcing the words out, she muttered the thing she most didn't

girl," Brendan purred,

having watched enough, shot Brendan a glare. "What's wrong with you,

you?" Brendan replied lazily. "You

one of the few who dared

fine. He

"What..." Ashley froze.

It was edited. He paid someone to make it look real,” Natasha explained, and Brendan didn't bother stopping her. "Your

Panic gripped Ashley.

Brendan was beyond terrifying.

If she had turned on Freya back there,

her all over again.

briefly flicked

asked, eyes darting back to Brendan. "She's

do you really think I'm the type to kill for no reason?" Brendan poured himself a glass of wine with that infuriating air of sophistication that never quite matched the madness

She did think that.

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aloud. So she

around him-he was a gentleman in appearance, a lunatic underneath.

memories were carved into her bones, and

didn't call her bluff, sipping his wine

Fear kept her compliant.

would keep her from trying to escape and ensure

side.

while later, Brendan pulled out an

sitting alone on the beach in nothing but a shirt, something strange stirred

owed him. And he would

handing the iPad to Freya. “Take a look

pathetic?"

Freya looked.

that bleak setting, Kristian sat on the sand, the sea wind cutting into him like knives. Even from a

cold seeped through.

end, refusing to believe in

against him?" Freya asked for the