She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 432:

Remembering how he’d used her phone to call Gerard the night before, she hesitated for a second. Just in case he caught a glimpse of what she’d previously labeled him, she quickly updated his contact name to “Kristian.”

But the more she thought about it, the more self-conscious she felt. That kind of precaution was suspicious in itself.

So in the end, she switched it back to “Jerk,” as if to remind herself not to fall too deep into that murky water.

After putting her phone away, she headed to Alan’s office.

Inside, he hadn’t accomplished a single thing all day.

Paperwork had piled up on his desk.

“What’s wrong with you?” Freya asked, noting the slump in his shoulders and the haze behind his eyes. “You look half-dead. Are you—”

“No.”

“Then what is it?” Her eyes scanned him like a lie detector.

tone as dry as

he had survived the day

action, forcing a mask of energy onto his weary face. The second they left, he deflated again like a balloon with

life had he felt so awkward,

was running from the situation. “Then go through

the courage.” Alan turned her down. She had said she wanted to keep a respectful distance from Kristian, and as her cousin, he couldn’t just dump

said, “Take your time. I’m heading

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called out,

go

he walked into Kristian’s place alone, what if Kristian mocked

there, Kristian might tone things

at him with

these documents first. Just give

leaving.” She didn’t

stepping in front of the door like a human

older cousin,”