Chapter 425:

This time, Kristian didn’t try to stop her.

Together, they quietly busied themselves, putting things back in order, piece by piece.

Knowing all too well how particular Kristian was about cleanliness, Freya asked where the spare bed sheets and blanket were. After he pointed them out, she replaced the ones in the master bedroom that Alan had ruined.

By the time Kristian had finished tidying the rest of the place, he looked up to see Freya still moving around, her silhouette weaving gently through the room.

He walked over and took the blanket from her hands, his voice composed and even. “The guest room’s ready. Go wash up and get some sleep.”

He hadn’t forgotten how religiously Freya stuck to her sleep schedule.

“No…” Freya began, but before the words could fully leave her lips, Kristian was already standing beside her.

His shoulder brushed lightly against hers, and she caught that familiar, crisp scent that clung to him.

and took the blanket from

Freya shifted slightly to the side and

up in sentimentality, but right then, something about Kristian’s

impossible to approach. But when he was gentle, he was

on her, lodging itself somewhere between memory and emotion. From afar, it was manageable. Up close, it left her heart skipping. It was indeed

was just about to leave and break whatever moment had begun to form when Kristian called her name.

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it?” Her expression remained as composed as ever, untouched by the tension in

suddenly, his voice softer, touched with

to her in that quiet, gentle

Just like now.

giving it much

the corners of

stopped midway, remembering the distance that still existed between them. After a

him off—she wasn’t fond of casual affection from those she wasn’t close to—but when he stopped,

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