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.

bring it

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 his fingers like sand through

instructions from someone three sheets to the wind?” Toby’s mouth snapped

to try skydiving without a parachute, will you just let me leap off the

“You’re joking.”

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joke of me.” The memory of the previous night clung to Alan like a

stung the

Why?

gnawed at him like a riddle

when he offered to take me home? Word for word. Don’t skip

version of events from Gerard, who

the truth

Toby wouldn’t