She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 431:

“Yes,” Alan confirmed without flinching.

“Alright then.” Freya didn’t argue, only added, “Just let me know when you’re going so I can come along to handle the phone.” Alan nodded.

They both got ready, left the house, and made their way to the Briggs Group office.

When Toby walked up like he did every morning, Alan shut him down cold. “Stay out of my sight today. I don’t want to look at you.”

Toby stared at Alan, his brow furrowed in confusion.

Had he stepped on a landmine without realizing it? What had he done to earn his boss’s frosty glare?

Not one to grope around in the dark, Toby waited until Freya had gone off to manage her own affairs, then quietly followed Alan into his office. The moment the door shut behind them, he asked outright, “Sir, are you avoiding me because of what happened last night?” At once, Alan’s face turned cold, like frost creeping across a windowpane.

audacity—to bring it

wasn’t on me! After you picked Mr. Shaw, I double-checked with you, and you said you didn’t need me to send you. That’s why I left!” Toby defended himself, a voice inside him screaming that if he didn’t sort this out now, the year-end bonus might slip through

from someone three sheets to the wind?” Toby’s mouth snapped shut—Alan had a point. But the truth was, Kristian had

drunk again and say I want to try skydiving without a parachute, will you just let me leap off the edge?” Alan’s voice grew sharp as he

“You’re joking.”

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩶ⅽ𝗈𝗺

you’re the one making a joke of me.” The memory of the previous night clung to Alan like a bad taste—especially everything that had happened in front

stung the most—why had he chosen

Why?

gnawed at him like a riddle

me home? Word for word. Don’t skip a single detail,” Alan pressed, still unsettled by the whole

heard a version of events from Gerard, who worked closely with

had colored the

Toby