She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Left Me With Walls, Wheels, and Wounds 267

Chapter 267 Insulting Lawrence To His Face

Kristian waved Lawrence off with a dismissive gesture, silently telling him to move aside, then turned to Freya.

"You should go on ahead. I have a few things I need to settle with him."

"He's nothing but trouble," Freya warned, her eyes narrowing.

Lawrence gave a dry chuckle, slipping one hand into his pocket. "Ms. Briggs, isn't

it a tad impolite to badmouth someone right to their face?"

Freya met his smirk with a cool stare. "And isn't it worse to kick someone when they're already down?"

Lawrence quirked a brow, genuinely intrigued by Freya, who seemed to speak as though she knew him.

"Have we met before?"

"No. We haven't." She had no intention of engaging with him any further.

There was no need to reveal her true identity as K.

"Then why the hostility?" His voice lingered in the air. "Didn't I just save your life?”

Freya didn't respond.

As much as she loathed the idea, he wasn't wrong.

"You think you saved her life?" Kristian suddenly cut in.

Lawrence kept up his easy smile, though he rolled his eyes at Kristian inwardly.

"I was wrong. It was he who saved her."

"You should head back, Freya," Kristian said. A sudden wave of dizziness overtook him, his vision beginning to blur, a sharp ringing rising in his ears. "I'll reach out once I'm better. He still needs a favor from me-he won't just leave me to die."

He nudged Lawrence with his elbow.

uncertain of Kristian's angle, Lawrence still played along.

not coming with

things to handle." In that moment, Freya caught

wanted to drag him into the car herself, take him

couldn't force

was adamant, and

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felt a bit of tension ease from

said he'd handle it, it

gave a nod, his posture relaxing. "Get in

"Okay."

asked if Ellis had been injured. After he assured her he hadn't, she let out a

headed towards

would take five to six hours to get there by road from Butterfly Island.

high-speed rail, the

as she sat down, an unshakable sense of unease crept in, intensifying as the

caught the shift in her expression. "Something

Freya said, inhaling deeply and forcing herself to

has been handled. Brendan and his men have been captured," Ellis said, thinking she might be worried about that. "The bombs on the island and on

though her

he knew about

organization had state-of-the-art drones capable of

to uncover

"Freya."

"Yeah?"

Ellis glanced at her while keeping his eyes on the

something that would touch her easily. But