She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 430:

Freya said nothing, just looked at him.

At first, he clung to the belief that she was joking.

But as he ate the rest of his breakfast and got no further explanation, doubt began to gnaw at him.

“You’re being serious?” he asked at last.

“You can ask Toby,” Freya said, glancing at her watch. “He should be getting ready for the office by now.”

Alan scrambled for his phone, finally spotting it on the couch.

Just as he was about to dial, it rang.

It was Toby. “Sir, should I pick you up from Mr. Shaw’s place, or will you be heading to the office on your own?”

Toby’s words hit like a thunderclap, snuffing out the last flicker of denial in Alan’s chest.

with Kristian

“Yes, sir.”

spiraling, his mood sinking fast. “You’re my secretary—do you think it’s acceptable to

not acceptable,” Toby answered

pressed, “Then why

to bring you home, sir, but you refused. You picked him,” Toby answered plainly. “Both of you told me

was still trying to figure out why his

working relationship had only

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ended the call in one swift

like a man freshly defeated. “Mina, just put me out of my misery. I can’t

Complete, all-consuming shame.

be so quick to surrender,” Freya said, twisting the knife just a little deeper. “You still need to apologize to

in a storm of emotions, Alan forced himself to ask,

full picture. When you called me, you thought you were a master fighter,” Freya recalled, though her memory was patchy. “You told me not to come because Kristian was plotting to kill me

kind of nonsense had he been

to kick his ass and make

Alan stayed quiet.