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Chapter 279 Keeping The

Boss Happy Is Part Of My.....

"I figured as much." Freya's tone was heavy,

She had spent the last couple of days painstakingly sifting through every detail, but something still didn't sit right.

She couldn't quite put her finger on what it was, so she had roped Jacob in to help her test the waters.

"If you really want to know, help me break the third door's code tonight, and I'll show you," Jacob offered.

"No need." Freya was never one to push. "As long as Lawrence can save Kristian, whatever secrets he's hiding don't matter."

"Alright."

"Thanks for helping."

"It's nothing."

The call disconnected.

Only then did Freya turn back to her conversation with Gerard.

Under normal circumstances, if Gerard had discovered she was K, he would've been practically buzzing, probably shoving a notebook in her face for an autograph.

But right now, aside from that brief flicker of emotion when the truth came out, his mind was still tangled up in thoughts of his boss.

"Is Mr. Shaw really doing that badly?" He glanced at Freya, who was seated just ahead and to his right, his expression clouded with concern.

"Yes." Freya didn't elaborate. She swiftly signed the document laid out before her. "If anything worries you during this time, just come to me."

She signed a confidentiality agreement on Gerard's behalf.

Given her dual identity as the head of Anita International and an investment advisor for Briggs Group, she wanted to spare Gerard from any unnecessary burden.

"You really don't have to do this," Gerard said, sincerity in his voice. "I trust you."

"I know." Freya had always known Gerard was a decent man. "That's exactly why I should give this to you."

Gerard felt a tangle of emotions he couldn't quite name.

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did have

she and Kristian would've been the kind

paused for a second before continuing. "There's something I'd like you to do for

"Go ahead," Gerard said.

I had anything

didn't want to get into another argument

Gerard looked puzzled. "Why?"

know who

He doesn't want to owe me." Freya didn't sugarcoat it, even if she knew Gerard wouldn't get

fighting. She just wanted Kristian to get better, and when that day came, they'd go back to being

a thin line, wanting to speak but holding it back. All he managed

need anything, call me," Freya said, handing him the signed

"Okay." Gerard accepted it.

Freya left, Gerard finally made his way

taken over most of the responsibilities in the office himself. There was no way he could pass the reins back to the branch leader-one wrong move and

still undergoing treatment, Gerard had to stay sharp and

out about Kristian's condition. Isaac had been

recover anytime soon, Freya had already put online safeguards in place. Anything concerning Kristian was blocked before it even

keep Melinda and Lionel in

Freya returned to her car. She dropped into the driver's seat,

was only today, through Gerard, that she pieced together what Jacob meant

before the last one.

told him she was being taken away, he was still lying in a hospital bed, burning with

before it broke, he had sat on the beach, enduring the cold sea breeze all night, only making

worse.

maybe the gunshot alone wouldn't have caused

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left a

had known, from the moment she signed those divorce papers, she should've vanished somewhere quiet-no laptop, no phone,

things wouldn't

the window pulled her

find Ellis standing outside,

flickering in his gaze.

rolled the window

you somewhere," Ellis said, one hand tucked in his pocket, his voice easygoing

warm.

anywhere, so she steeled herself and said, "It's work

without a reason, I'll have your

is part of my assistant duties," Ellis replied with a deadpan expression,

Freya was speechless.