She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 354:

Freya didn’t hold back. “What else? Did you really think I had forgiven you and we were going to get back together?”

Kristian surged to his feet, his frustration erupting like a dormant volcano. He did exactly what Liam had told him to, but Freya still refused to change her mind.

Freya trailed after him in silence.

Downstairs, Hugh and Ethel sat tensely, their nerves strung tight with anticipation. Both were on edge, fearing that the situation upstairs might spiral into a heated argument—or worse, an outright confrontation. Seconds stretched into minutes as they waited, the quiet around them growing heavier.

Then, at last, the sound of footsteps echoed down the stairs.

Hugh and Ethel snapped their heads up, their eyes wide. The cold aura enveloping Kristian was palpable, even more biting than before. It was clear—whatever conversation had happened upstairs hadn’t gone well.

“Mr. Briggs,” Kristian said abruptly, stopping in the middle of the living room.

turned his head on instinct, ready to answer, but then paused. He quickly recalled Freya’s hostile stance

enough to

place to stay. Would it be too much trouble to

three of them stared in disbelief, completely

are young women; it’s simply improper to have a man in the house overnight,” Hugh finally blurted out, his voice shaking slightly with anger. “I must insist you look

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a small nod. “Alright then,” he

he turned to

never delved into Freya’s family or her connections, never

pull to

the night. That was it? He left that easily? Was he

back to the present, he caught the intense gazes of

stammered, his voice laced