Chapter 423:

The man and woman at the door exchanged nervous glances, visibly rattled by the intensity in front of them.

The man coughed awkwardly, eyes drifting past Kristian to the absolute chaos inside the apartment. After a beat of hesitation, he muttered, “Just… maybe try to…”

“Keep it down? It’s been a little loud.”

“My apologies,” Kristian said smoothly, his voice laced with polite civility.

“We’ll be more considerate.”

“Alright then,” the couple mumbled hastily before making their retreat, still shaken for reasons they couldn’t quite explain.

They were technically in the right, but somehow, standing in front of Kristian had made them feel like misbehaving schoolchildren.

Just as the elevator dinged, Freya stepped out, her strides quick and purposeful.

couple lingered, assuming she was there to

Kristian, without a word, stepped aside and ushered her in before quietly

frozen,

spin a story out of what they’d just seen, but

red-handed, things wouldn’t

they gave up trying to decode the mystery and headed

took one look at the disaster zone that was now Kristian’s apartment

even think before turning someone else’s place into

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨.𝙘𝙤𝙢

she asked, trying to keep a lid on her frustration as she turned to

subtly toward

go check, but Kristian gently stopped

He’s… using

mid-step,

remorse in her voice. “I’ll have a cleaning service come by first thing

Kristian replied, his voice

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