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.

through her

and asked, “Did

“Yes. I do.”

something in his eyes when he

asked plainly, “Could you delete

eyes flicked toward Alan. Alan kept his face unreadable, but internally, he was spiraling into a dramatic monologue. What did that look mean? Was Kristian planning to use this to get closer to Freya? If Kristian really wanted to threaten her, should he still

up his mind without a flicker of hesitation. There was no way he could go along

where your journey

slightest clue that, in the span of just a heartbeat or two, Alan’s imagination had already spun the

low, velvety, laced with something magnetic—but it was Freya he looked at

it. He’d seen it coming a

feel the shift in

it, and instead turned to Kristian with cool

have dinner,” Kristian said,

reaction earlier when he’d asked if they’d

Freya off with food via Gerard,

opportunity was right here,