She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 290 You're Seriously Not Even A Litt...

Freya gave a nod. "Alright."

With that single word, Lawrence finally let himself breathe. He trusted K would keep her promise.

"The things I told you at the hospital-he asked me to pass them along in advance," Lawrence explained, laying it all bare. "On the way to the hospital, he came to for just a moment. As soon as he opened his eyes, he told me to make sure you heard those words if things took turn for the worse."

Freya's brows drew together in a faint furrow.

Lawrence continued, "He didn't want you to carry guilt or blame yourself. In his mind, he was just doing what he had to."

"So... he never really woke up in the hospital?" Freya put the pieces together herself.

"Not only did he not wake up," Lawrence admitted, now that there was no reason to hold back, "but his condition was critical. If I hadn't been the one treating him later, he'd be buried by now."

Freya fell silent, unable to put the rush of emotion into words.

"I don't know what exactly went down between you two," Lawrence said, taking a step back from the situation, "but judging by the way Kristian acted after he got hurt-he loves you, Freya. More than anything."

He couldn't help but respect Kristian. Even in that condition, Kristian had clawed his way back to consciousness just to give out final instructions. It was downright miraculous.

"And what about blocking my contact?" Freya's thoughts circled back to that moment.

"He didn't want you to catch on. So he gave me his phone password," Lawrence said plainly. "He told me exactly when to delete you-and when to tell you the rest."

Freya glanced at the closed door ahead, her heart a tangle of feelings, too messy to sort out.

Lawrence added, "You don't have to worry about him clinging on. From what he told me, if you don't want anything from him, he won't bother you again."

Sometimes, Kristian really was a walking contradiction. In business, he was razor-sharp, a man who never second-guessed himself. But when it came to love, he swung from one extreme to the other. He'd either follow his own impulses or put someone else's feelings above all else. And strangely enough, with Freya, both

extremes had manifested.

"Got it," Freya murmured.

"So you're taking him with you by choice?" Lawrence asked, still a little wary.

think this

when he might need a favor, and

a soft

signing the discharge papers, then finally took Kristian away from Lawrence's

in the passenger seat in absolute silence. Every so often,

a touch of confusion. He acted just like a

sister, right?" he said

keeping her focus on the road. "Yes.

fidgeted with his hands, then asked in a soft, uncertain voice,

jolt. She shoved aside the

do you say

feeling," Kristian said in a low

how to respond. "When we get home, take a shower

tomorrow to come

said nothing. He simply lowered his

thought looped through his mind-his

know how to handle Kristian anymore. After all, he'd gotten hurt saving her. The least she could do was take

a child and tried to comfort him, what if he recovered and took it as a sign she still had feelings? But if she stayed

age, kids

Freya drove

followed

elevator and rode it up

they stepped out, they ran into Ellis, who was seeing Frederick out

eyes widened in sheer disbelief. "Freya,

going on? Why was Freya suddenly

back so he can recover," Freya

eyes swept over Kristian, observing his posture

answered, keeping her words clipped. "Now we just wait and

like he'd missed

Kristian, who stood there silent, and decided to wrap things up. Tm taking him in

me know if you need

the door shut behind them, Frederick turned to Ellis with a look that could only be described

seriously not even