She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 437:

Then she answered with calm assurance, “He’s not that kind of man.”

“Just help me out,” Alan pleaded, trying his best to channel all the charm of a helpless, wide-eyed puppy. “If it stays, I’ll obsess over it nonstop and won’t be able to concentrate at work.”

Freya stared at him.

He even started acting cutesy in desperation, like a mischievous kitten trying to win sympathy.

Freya had a soft spot for good-looking things—and people—and Alan, being her cousin who always treated her kindly, easily fell into that category.

“Fine. I’ll ask him. But if he refuses, we’re not pushing it,” Freya clarified, laying down her boundaries.

Alan nodded quickly.

In his mind, Kristian’s behavior today had already betrayed his feelings for Freya.

If she asked, Alan was sure Kristian would give in.

slightly, thinking through her words before turning to

noticed her expression shift and asked,

“Yes. I do.”

there was something in

held his gaze and asked plainly, “Could you delete last night’s surveillance

but internally, he was spiraling into a dramatic monologue. What did that look mean? Was Kristian planning to use this to get closer to

thought crept into his head, Alan made up his mind without

where your journey

of just a heartbeat or two, Alan’s imagination had already spun the entire situation

with something magnetic—but it was Freya he looked at when he

He’d seen it

the shift in Alan’s

it, and instead turned to Kristian with cool composure.

said, the words crisp and

reaction earlier when he’d

Freya off with food via Gerard, knowing she wouldn’t accept if

opportunity was right here,