She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 363:

Kristian’s grip on the phone tightened, his knuckles turning white as images he’d long tried to suppress came flooding back in a relentless tide. He managed to ask through gritted teeth, “Where are they?”

Gerard paused, the silence stretching between them. He recalled Melvin’s earnest expression earlier, which made him hesitate. Finally, he asked, with a hint of caution in his voice, “Why do you want to know?”

Kristian’s expression turned colder by the second, the frost in his eyes enough to chill the room. Seriously? Freya was his ex-wife! Why the hell wouldn’t he want to know?!

“I know this might rub you the wrong way, but I think it’s something we need to talk about,” Gerard replied, his tone earnest, believing deeply that Freya, Melvin, and even Kristian himself were inherently good people. Despite Kristian’s rough edges, Gerard felt that he was just a man who hadn’t yet come to terms with his emotions.

All Gerard wanted was for Freya to find real, lasting happiness. Kristian’s jaw tightened, the vein in his temple twitching. His patience was thinning fast. “Say it.”

“Do you… love Ms. Briggs?” Gerard asked, the question slipping out in a rush.

right away. His deep eyes gave nothing away, as

silence hung heavy, Gerard pressed on. “If you’re unsure about your feelings for her, then perhaps it’s best

as he asked, “What exactly

anything else. “If you haven’t come to terms with your own emotions, you shouldn’t interfere with their relationship,”

rising in a rewarding career. He seldom encountered real struggles. In boardrooms, he was applauded; in daily life, he was envied. With his striking looks, athletic

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used to getting his way, and frustratingly set in his opinions. If he didn’t break through these traits, even if he remarried Freya, they wouldn’t find happiness

a tone as icy as the winds of the harshest winters. His emotions might have been a tangled web, but his resolve was

longer his, constricted his heart with a sharp pang of pain and a deep, gnawing regret. He was a man unacquainted with

took a moment to gauge the time it would take for Kristian to reach them. With a reluctant sigh, tempered by