She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 370:

The man took a long drag from his cigarette, then flicked it to the ground and crushed it beneath his heel. He stepped closer, his face as striking as Kristian’s, yet carrying a completely different air—cold, venomous, and calculating.

“Have you made up your mind?” he asked, crouching before her. He lifted a hand and lightly tapped her cheek.

Ashley flinched hard, her whole body quaking with dread.

It wasn’t just his words—it was the unshakable terror he inspired.

“All you have to do is take Kristian’s life,” he said, his voice slow and deliberate. “Do that, and I’ll let the past stay buried. I’ll even shower you with wealth—everything you’ve ever craved.”

Ashley only wanted him dead.

Her fists clenched at her sides. Every inch of her body throbbed with pain—a constant reminder of the hell she’d been through since falling back into his grasp.

She had failed before, and because she’d begged him to spare her family, he’d found new ways to make her suffer every day.

to end it all. But she couldn’t

her gaze. His smile curled wider. “You want

chill surged down her spine, freezing her where she

said, his large hand cupping

but to

𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

grandma and brother are under protection, you can defy me?” His thumb brushed across her cheek as he spoke, his voice

word, but her chest tightened with

under guard,” he continued, drawing out

want them gone, no one

me?” Ashley’s voice was ragged, her eyes bloodshot from

her eyes. “If you go near

would be the better choice, Ashley thought bitterly. But she couldn’t say that aloud. Not after everything she had done to Freya. Even after all that, Freya had stepped in

holding back tears. “After what happened last time, he doesn’t trust me