She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 380:

But Freya had misunderstood one thing.

To Hugh, Freya and Ethel meant everything. If either of them refused to accept Cheryl, he wouldn’t go through with the marriage—even if it seemed unfair to Cheryl.

More importantly, from the very beginning, he had made it clear to Cheryl that he might never marry her.

Seeing how emotional he became, Freya felt a twinge of conflict. She wondered if her late mother would blame her for this decision—or if it would have broken her heart to see Hugh in this state.

But thinking it through, her mother probably wouldn’t. She had always been the kind of woman who treated Hugh gently, with quiet patience and unwavering kindness.

She was soft-hearted to the core.

“Let me know what day works for you, and I’ll arrange the meeting,” Hugh said, fumbling slightly.

or 16th,” Freya replied, her

“How about the 10th?”

with that, Hugh felt one

Hugh called Cheryl to let her know about the meeting with

Cheryl agreed.

everything was in motion, Hugh also messaged

and if all went well, he’d consider setting a date to officially

puffed out like a

poised, the kind of woman Ethel once described as genuinely kind. “I told you not to upset

argued, feeling wronged. She had always behaved her best around Hugh, and he had genuinely liked her. But because of Freya, everything had fallen apart. Vivien seethed

so stop acting like the victim,” Cheryl replied, her

deny the truth that gnawed

of her hard work because of Freya sent ripples of unease through