She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 412:

Meanwhile, after Alan and Toby stepped out, Gerard couldn’t help himself. “Sir, do you think Mr. Briggs actually has a thing for you?” He’d definitely noticed the way Alan kept glancing over during the meeting.

“No,” Kristian replied coolly, his face unreadable.

Gerard looked intrigued. How could Kristian be so certain?

“I’m guessing he’s Freya’s cousin,” Kristian said, thinking his hunch was probably right. “He likely already knows about the divorce.”

“Cousin?”

Gerard looked genuinely surprised.

“Are we still going for dinner later?” Gerard asked, his voice laced with uncertainty.

had once deeply hurt Alan’s cousin, should feel the weight of this dinner invitation like a trap set by fate.

his gaze a turbulent sea of emotions, barely veiled beneath a calm exterior, he replied, “Why

territory, where Alan’s grudge simmered just below the surface, Kristian had compelling reasons

the dinner

eyes following

Just as she was preparing to leave for home, her phone rang. It was Winslow Alvarez, her maternal grandfather, inviting her to visit. Winslow, a man of profound influence

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and Ethel—always patient, always attentive, like a doting grandfather you’d read about in storybooks. If she hadn’t uncovered the truth—that he had once pressured her mother into a cold, loveless arranged marriage—she would have continued holding onto the image of him as a warm,

of the change in plans, Freya was picked up by

arrived, the sky had already turned a deep shade of indigo—it was seven

history and the present mingled over a quiet meal shared between just the two

invited her for a stroll through the garden, his hands clasped