She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 326:

“He did,” Freya responded simply, her words hanging in the air like a sharp slap.

It felt as though Vivien’s face had been slapped with a cold, stinging truth. Her cheeks burned in embarrassment. What was the connection between this woman and Hugh? How did she even know about that?

“They got married ages ago,” Vivien blurted out, lying with all the assurance of someone trying to sell a broken clock as the latest model.

“Even if they did,” Freya replied coolly, her voice unwavering, “without my permission, you wouldn’t be able to join Briggs Group. Not even its subsidiaries.”

“What do you think you are to say that?” Vivien’s heart skipped a beat. Freya’s calm and collected demeanor sent a shiver of doubt through her. A strange unease gnawed at her.

“Because I’m the investment advisor at Briggs Group,” Freya said flatly, delivering a quiet blow. “Hiring employees is part of Briggs Group’s investments, and I have the authority to oversee it.”

Vivien seethed, her frustration bubbling up to the point where she felt she might explode.

turned and walked away, leaving Vivien to simmer in

as Freya neared the president’s office, she spotted Alan leaning casually against the corridor

wide, a playful grin spreading across his face.

the office, muttering, “Why did you think I was crying?” Clearly, it was Vivien

her. “You don’t have to put on an act in front of me.

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chose to be with her, and it has nothing to do with me,”

she had built around herself, and while he didn’t push, he understood. Everyone

Garza’s name on any application, they should reject it immediately,” Freya instructed, her tone firm and final. “If the chairman asks, just

into a knowing smile,

look. “Why are you laughing?” she asked, raising

‘the chairman,'” he teased, flicking her forehead gently. “You don’t have to be so formal with

answer. She knew Hugh had been good to her and Ethel, but he had failed her mother, and that was something Freya couldn’t