She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 378:

“The way he looked at her didn’t feel like a stranger’s gaze,” Kristian said, his eyes thoughtful, the gears turning. “More like someone seeing a face from the past.”

“You good?” Mack looked genuinely confused by Kristian’s words. His dad had looked at Freya the same way he looked at any rising talent.

Was Kristian seriously worried about Freya being recruited?

Kristian kept his thoughts to himself. He’d ask more later.

Half an hour passed, and Brady returned.

Mack glanced behind him and, seeing no sign of Freya, asked, “Where’s Freya?”

“Her assistant came and picked her up,” Brady replied, his tone strict as ever. “Once you’ve eaten, back to training. No more idling around.”

“Got it.” Mack didn’t dare argue.

leave when Kristian, now in a crisp suit and perfectly polite, stepped forward. He looked at Brady and asked, “Mr. Russell, have you met

rank. If he knew Freya, it meant there was more to

he thought it over, Kristian frowned. Freya didn’t seem old enough to

low and steady. “She just reminds me a great deal of her mother, whom I once

one sentence put Kristian’s

left the club not long

smile, impressed by her quick thinking—and feeling a pang of regret. If he’d known her and recited her before that man did, maybe

more books at

Freya was already gone, whisked

silence radiating from Freya like a heavy fog. “Is something

her nose. “You don’t

hesitation, accepting her

drift shut,

had stirred

civilian who could be summoned when needed, then allowed to return to a life that looked normal from the outside. It had been ages since she’d last gone