She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 301 Come Pick Me Up Now

"Don't bother, then," Kristian said stiffly, his eyes clouded darker than a stormy sea, nearly impossible to read. When he realized Freya truly hadn't made the call, he turned on his heel and disappeared back into his room, shutting himself away without so much as a glance back.

Freya couldn't help but wonder at his reaction. She itched to grab her phone and fire off a message to Isaac, asking what on earth he had said to him, but just as her fingers hovered over the screen, Isaac's name flashed across it, calling her instead.

"Kristian went back to his room, didn't he?" Isaac wasted no time, his voice cutting straight to the heart of it.

"He did!" Freya cast a wary glance around the living room. For a split second, she genuinely wondered if Isaac had bugged the place.

"I'll swing by to see him after the company's annual party in a couple of days,” Isaac told her, voice steady. "He's really not the same kid he used to be."

Freya agreed easily, "Alright. Just let me know when you're coming and I'll send someone to pick you up."

"Okay."

As soon as the call ended, Freya's heart began to stir with unease.

If this were truly just a case of simple amnesia, maybe, like Lawrence had said, Kristian would heal with time. Maybe one morning he'd wake up and be the man he once was.

But right now, the Kristian in her place felt so wrong.

She had been planning to meet Lawrence the next day, but work obligations tied her hands, and with the company's annual party and a masked party later that evening, she had no choice but to postpone it.

The next morning, Kristian rose early, determined to make breakfast.

However, he was met with an unexpected obstacle-the kitchen door was firmly locked.

He stood there, frowning at the door, trying the handle again and again, but it wouldn't budge.

The rattling sounds roused Freya from sleep. Just like the day before, she shuffled out in her pajamas, her hair

rumpled halo around her head. "The door's locked."

Kristian froze at the sound of her voice. Instinctively, he turned and looked back at her.

"Your hands still haven't healed," Freya said, her voice thick with sleep. "Be good and go back to bed. I've already ordered breakfast-you won't go hungry."

"Is it because you don't like my cooking?" Kristian mumbled, his head drooping low.

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"No, I'm just afraid you'll hurt your hands even worse," Freya replied gently. Kristian lifted his gaze slowly, his eyes searching her face as if asking, “Really?"

"I have to leave for work later. You stay here with Sheila," Freya continued, trying to soothe him. "If you want anything or need anything, just tell her. She'll call the bodyguard for you."

"Can I go to the office with you?" Kristian asked, voice small and hopeful.

"No, you can't," Freya refused right away, not missing a beat. "Given your situation, if you show up, people will

start talking"

The situation with Kristian was still being kept tightly under wraps; the media hadn't gotten a whiff of it yet.

the truth. His demeanor, his childlike mannerisms-they would give everything away

she needed now

disappointment hard

boy. Go back

glance her way,

room.

found Lawrence's number to call. At 5 A.M., Lawrence

and vibration from his nightstand, he groggily opened one eye, squinting at the screen. Seeing Kristian's caller ID, he swiped

between me and Freya?" Kristian asked,

you want

"Everything."

does. He's been glued to your side almost twenty-four-seven, except when you're

murmured, recalling the

a little, more awake now. "You remember

me to meet him once," Kristian explained. More than anything, he wanted to remember. He just couldn't untangle the web of what had truly

tonight, he'd believed everything Freya had

screamed that Freya's younger sister genuinely disliked him. And it wasn't just because he

should ask Gerard," Lawrence said bluntly. He really didn't know much himself; even the things he'd

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to say.

needed, Kristian hung up

his phone back

Gerard, getting a call from his boss at five in the morning made his heart leap in excitement. He was thrilled that his boss had

felt like a bucket of ice water had been dumped

what happened between Freya

past with

"Yeah."

of it," Gerard answered honestly. "From when

the whole time."

now," Kristian ordered. "Think

went dead. Gerard scratched his

than he had been

place. Given Kristian's current childlike mindset, he made sure to give

to pick him up?" "Yes," Gerard replied, just as bewildered. "Maybe he

was Kristian suddenly so

for me to come

fine," Freya said after a

later, Gerard

went to

was here to take him

just been on the phone. Putting on

Gerard answered smoothly, flashing his signature grin. “I

her

"Freya... I don't want to go with him."

immediately smell

his own tongue. Kristian really had

these days, playing the

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to say.

Kristian hung up without a word. Lawrence didn't take offense.

a call from his boss at five in