She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 414:

No one could ever be certain if the road they took was the right one, or just the one that hurt less.

Freya had no way of knowing whether Anita held any resentment toward Winslow in the end. But when Anita left this world, she did so with a quiet peace—no bitterness, no regrets in her heart.

Winslow exhaled deeply, his sigh echoing a release of two years’ worth of pent-up emotions, accumulated over the course of their conversation.

Looking to shift the atmosphere, he steered the conversation toward a lighter topic. “The other grandpa of yours might be planning to arrange a marriage for you soon,” he said, a note of caution in his voice. “If you need any help navigating that, don’t hesitate to call me.”

“Alright,” Freya responded calmly.

She wasn’t particularly concerned about the matter.

Her paternal grandfather had no secrets or leverage against her, and the Briggs Group wasn’t in a position where a business marriage would provide any substantial benefit.

her into an arranged marriage, and she would staunchly oppose such a

called out,

she replied, turning

behind you. Just be true to yourself,” Winslow declared, his voice laden

turn him down. “Alright,” she said with

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up staying

getting drunk elsewhere—so drunk, in fact, that they somehow became

sat rigidly,

to shoulder, arms slung around each other like old

“You did Mina wrong. And as her cousin, I’m seriously not okay with that.” He paused, squinting at Kristian with an unsteady finger pointed at his

room fell into awkward

you have feelings for Mina?” Alan pressed, his voice thick and his gaze bleary. He’d initially planned to get

than expected; Alan had succumbed to the spirits far sooner