She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 424:

Kristian turned to Freya and gave her a quiet nod, signaling that it was safe to enter.

Freya stepped into the room, and the moment Alan saw her, he charged at her and pulled her into a tight hug. “Mina! Thank God you’re okay! I was terrified he’d killed you!”

Both Freya and Kristian stood in silence, caught off guard by the bizarre display.

“I’ve already made peace with him,” Freya said, humoring Alan’s drunken delusions, her voice calm and flat. “Now sit down. I’ll whip up something to flush the poison out of your system.”

“Okay,” Alan mumbled. He shuffled to the couch, slumped over, and promptly passed out.

Freya frowned.

Just as she was about to prepare some honey water, her eyes landed on a shattered phone lying on the floor.

Her mind went into a spin. “Is that your phone?” she asked.

Kristian said with a shrug, his

a silent vow to get her cousin off alcohol for good. He was

a favor from you later,” Kristian said, his eyes on Freya, his

feeling guilty over everything, Freya nodded. “What is

back up. Now that it’s

least I can do,”

took a cup from the kitchen, filled it halfway with hot

through the space, she surveyed the

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bedroom, even the guest room—each looked like a war zone. Only the kitchen and the study, which was locked, had been

later, she finally got Alan to drink the honey water. Kristian helped her with quiet, steady movements, his patience

acted stirred up a strange, nostalgic feeling in Freya, like she’d been transported back to the early days of their marriage. Back then,

cup aside and let Alan sleep

said, unable to take the chaos any longer. Her cousin had made the

took her wrist. His hand was warm, his touch light—but it sent a faint tremor through her

when Kristian spoke. “Hold off on that for a second. There’s something