She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 287 The Gossip Mill Has Been Churning...

Lawrence didn't say a word on the other end of the line, so Freya asked again, "Is Kristian awake now?"

“He woke up for a little while this morning, but he's out cold again." Lawrence was fabricating the story as he spoke. There was no chance he'd tell her what was really going on. "I'll give you an update once his condition

evens out. Maybe you can swing by then?"

"You're hiding something from me." Her voice was steady, unshakably certain.

Lawrence kept the easy smile on his face as he held the phone to his ear.

He knew better than anyone-K was no ordinary person.

"How could I be?" His tone stayed calm, not a hint of tension in it. "If my word's not good enough for you, you're welcome to dig into it yourself. Someone with your talents wouldn't have any trouble finding the truth."

Freya didn't say anything.

Lawrence's palm was damp with sweat where it gripped the phone.

He was playing a risky game, banking on the chance that Freya wouldn't resort to hacking that easily.

The K he knew wouldn't pull those tricks unless the situation was truly dire. But if she did, she'd unravel everything in seconds.

"How's he healing from the injuries?" she asked instead, dropping the earlier subject.

"The stitches come out tomorrow. He's doing fine." Lawrence didn't bother hiding this part from her. "No need to worry. I'll make sure he's looked after.”

"I'll come over," Freya said.

"What?" That caught Lawrence off guard.

Why was she still coming?

"I'm just going as a representative of his family to check up on him," Freya explained. "Kristian's father needs regular updates on his condition."

"Alright," Lawrence agreed, trying to sound casual.

After the call ended, Freya and Ellis made their way straight to Lawrence's medical facility.

Lawrence, meanwhile, got busy making a few swift arrangements.

By the time Freya and Ellis pulled in, it was already eleven.

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welcomed them with a pleasant smile, wearing a crisp white doctor's coat. He looked every bit the professional-warm, polished-but no one could ever read what was going on behind that

landed on Ellis standing beside Freya, that old

on Butterfly Island, he'd assumed Ellis was just some guy on a

beneath the surface.

you..." Lawrence let the words trail off

familiar with Lawrence's reputation, didn't flinch. "We're here to see Kristian Shaw.

time?"

in a fragile state, so you'll have to observe him through

"Alright," Ellis responded.

pair down a corridor that

layers of security doors before reaching

on the wall, and a wide panel of the wall slid aside to reveal a large

looked more or less the

any real color. His eyes were shut tight, sunken

hadn't picked up on anything strange. "Since Kristian seems to want a bit of distance now, it might be better if you contacted me directly for

something about that day didn't sit right with

Briggs?" Lawrence

"Alright," she finally said.

relief

lingering a bit longer, Freya asked him for Kristian's medical

without a

it all, neither she nor

were about to head out, Freya,

"If there's anything you need help with during his

about the

take care of it," Freya

was clearly satisfied.

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about this," she

know. Once he was back on his feet, they could

hands together in his mind at the thought of the cash rolling in.

"And one more thing"

"Yes, Ms. Briggs?

money out of Kristian

for words. Had he been that transparent? Her sharp gaze told him she'd hit the

was unmatched in his field- his appetite for money really was

she genuinely wondered why he didn't just go home and enjoy the riches waiting for him instead of scheming