She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 415:

But whenever her name came up, there wasn’t a smile waiting for him.

Instead, it stirred up a tight knot of anxiety and heavy questions he couldn’t quite answer.

“You don’t even know if you like her? What’s going on in your head?” Alan teased, draping an arm around Kristian’s shoulders and pulling him in close with a conspiratorial lean. “Tell me this—if she were with someone else, would you feel upset?”

A firm “yes” echoed in Kristian’s mind, immediate and resolute. Not only would he be upset, but he’d also feel compelled to intervene. The mere thought made his jaw tighten.

“And if Mina were wronged, would you stand up for her, help her get back at them?” Alan probed further, his curiosity piqued.

The response sprang to Kristian’s thoughts unbidden, clear and sharp.

“All right, the real kicker,” Alan murmured, his voice dropping to a whisper as he brought his finger to his lips and leaned closer to Kristian’s ear. “Can anyone ever take Mina’s place in your heart?”

mulled it over, his mind

he reached a

back to

one had ever stirred even a trace of desire in Kristian—not even Ashley in the past. With that thought quietly swirling in his mind, he took

kind of wild daydream?

next story at

like impotence to

stop justifying it. Who goes through

intimacy—until they meet

lingered a moment longer on that final comment, as if the words had struck a

leaned over, trying to sneak a look, but before he could make out anything, Kristian had already locked

things up, there’s still one last test,” Alan offered, his determination unwavering. He was on a mission—to pair up this brooding man with

of calm, sat upright like a teacher listening to a student’s drunken ramblings. “And what’s