Chapter 489:

Hugh was frustrated.

How could Kristian be so dense? Freya simply didn’t like that gesture!

“Dad, go on ahead,” Freya said gently, knowing that if she didn’t speak with Kristian now, he would follow her straight up to her room. “I’ll be up in a bit.”

Hugh hesitated, uneasy. “But…”

“I know what I’m doing,” Freya reassured him, her tone composed.

Hugh studied the two of them. Kristian didn’t seem out of line, so he chose to trust Freya and left them to it.

Freya walked to the nearby garden, cutting to the chase. “What do you want?”

Kristian said nothing. He didn’t know what he wanted.

back to Alerith left a hollow ache in his chest.

stop following me,” Freya snapped, not in the mood

decent as Cyril—the

she

Freya replied

Kristian truly grasped the meaning of heartache. Watching her expressionless face utter that word felt like a blade slicing

past… you hate me that much?” He still cared—deeply. He still wanted a place in her

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without a flicker of emotion.

That said everything.

he cared, she would never return those feelings. The moment they divorced, she

he thought she was too cold—cutting people off

of countless ways to keep her by his side,

noting that he was still staring at her, unmoving. “If you need to

gave a small

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