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Chapter 276 Kristian Suddenly Cut Her Off

"The way he's shut you out completely? That alone should tell you-he doesn't want to see you." Lawrence shifted his tone, more matter-of-fact now. "When he finally came to this afternoon, he told me to pass along that message. From here on out, you two should be like strangers-no contact, no interference."

Freya couldn't quite wrap her head around it.

Still, she unlocked her phone and typed out a message to Kristian, only to discover she was already blocked.

A flicker of disbelief crossed her face. What was happening?

Perplexed, she tried to call him, but the line wouldn't connect-blocked there, too.

She stood frozen, her phone clutched in her hand, thoughts spinning in a fog. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make sense of it-why would Kristian suddenly cut her off like this? Was he trying to spare her pain?

"Ms. Briggs, I know this probably isn't what you want to hear," Lawrence said carefully, his voice edged with a hint of caution. "But Kristian is the president of Shaw Group-admired, envied, chased after by more people than I can count. He chased you for months and you never gave him the time of day. That kind of rejection-it stings."

He added, "I'm not totally in the dark about your situation. He left you for someone else, and things between you turned ugly after that. But believe it or not, there was never a mistress. And he's already risked his life trying to make things right. Or do you expect him to spend the rest of his life making amends?"

"No," Freya murmured softly.

"Then why won't you let him go?" Lawrence snapped. "He's already made amends. He tried to fix your relationship, and you turned him away. Now, just like you said you wanted, you're strangers. But you still insist on seeing him-don't you think that's crossing a line?"

He was right.

Freya answered him in her mind.

But still, something in her gut told her it wasn't as cut-and-dry as Lawrence made it seem.

"If you really need to hear it from him to finally let go, then fine," Lawrence said, recognizing her unwillingness to back down. He pulled out his phone.

Freya's eyes shifted toward it.

Her palms had gone slick with sweat, and she gripped her phone like it might anchor her, her body taut with

tension.

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"Good thing I came prepared," Lawrence said, tapping the screen. "Here's your proof."

As soon as he said it, a recording began to play.

"Please tell Freya that I've already repaid what I owed her. From now on, we're like strangers-no more contact, no more interference." Kristian's voice was faint, but every syllable was razor-sharp. "I don't want any more ties to her. I don't need her to do anything for me, and I don't want to owe her anything else. I'm tired. Our relationship ends here."

the recording ended and Freya didn't respond,

still as stone, listening. Every word seemed to carve into

leaving her reeling.

second playback, Lawrence reached for his phone

said, her voice

a few more times?" Lawrence

the second listen, she already knew-it

Kristian's

had said

silence, tension humming between them like a live wire.

on cutting ties, his refusal to be indebted-was

and Lawrence, and she was

step in?

that medical consent form," Lawrence

to return

dropped her gaze, pulling herself together. When she lifted her eyes again,

over the form, voice even. "Let me know when his condition

doesn't want you involved," Lawrence

met his gaze head-on.

not that

"A hundred million."

"Since you're just asking about my patient's condition, and not trying

interfere... ask away."

nodded and turned

you've got questions, just

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price, he would do

and drove off without

had crept in. She didn't head straight to bed. Instead, she pulled up Kristian's phone records. Even after hearing

the exact time she'd been blocked. Just after six

to seven.

telling the truth.

settled in her

from Kristian echoed in her mind like a haunting

she should've felt relieved. Kristian had said his

she felt heavy-burdened by emotions too

sank onto the sofa,

whirlwind of it all, she made up her

walk away until Kristian was truly out of danger. She

then-only when all debts were cleared-could

her thoughts set, she rose to get ready for bed. Until Kristian recovered