She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 399:

“It’s really me,” Ashley’s voice sounded much the same as it always had. “I’d like to meet with you. Is that okay?”

“I’m busy,” Freya replied curtly, turning her down.

Ashley sat at a café, gazing out the window at the endless parade of cars. Her mood was far from pleasant.

Holding her phone, she said with calm urgency, “I can come to you.”

“Miss Bradley, I don’t think we’re that close,” Freya replied, her grip on the steering wheel tightening as she continued driving. She couldn’t figure out why Ashley had suddenly come to Alerith. Hadn’t Ashley once said that returning to that man was like stepping into hell?

“Please, I’m begging you,” Ashley pleaded.

Freya heard the desperation in her voice, her own hands tightening on the wheel, her expression unreadable.

Had she not known about Ashley’s past, she wouldn’t have cared at all. Whether Ashley begged or not wouldn’t have made a difference. But for some reason, Ashley’s plea evoked the image of someone being manipulated.

a moment’s thought, Freya decided. “Where do

building.” Ashley’s voice

her GPS

hour later,

Ashley sitting by the window. She looked even more worn than when she’d left. Though it

hair gave her an air of fragile calm, but her

𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓽𝓸 ⲅ𝓪𝓁𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝓈⧸𝓬𝓸𝓶

in, Ashley’s gaze

glimmer of hope sparked

across from her, her voice distant and cold. “What

gripping the spoon in her coffee cup, biting her lip as though to hold back

completely off guard.

stared at Ashley,

and you just do it?” Freya asked,

Ashley replied, her words heavy with