She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 498:

“Should we let your dad know?” Alan asked again.

“No. If he finds out, he’ll definitely end up fighting with Grandpa,” Freya said, not out of kindness but because she didn’t want to stir up trouble. “Grandpa’s old now. If he gets too riled up in an argument, Dad will just end up feeling guilty.”

Alan felt a knot of conflicting emotions twist in his chest. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

He realized that even with talent and wealth, life didn’t always go the way one wanted. Disappointments were inevitable.

“Sometimes, I wish you weren’t so rational,” he murmured. “Being too rational comes at the cost of your own happiness.”

“I won’t let myself be wronged,” Freya answered calmly.

Her rationality only extended so far. She refused to let herself be mistreated. If her grandfather ever pushed too hard and arranged an engagement, she’d cut ties without hesitation.

But until then, she could deal with it.

another look but said

company, he went off to his own work,

of vivid, eye-catching roses on her desk. Her brow furrowed, and she looked around, asking, “Whose flowers

to be for you,” someone nearby replied. “The delivery guy asked for

that, Freya looked

now

was a card with

the card back into the flowers and told her

but ever since Anita International got caught up in a collaboration on chip development, she had the Briggs Group

new assistant hesitated, staring at the pristine bouquet. “You really want to throw them

said,

assistant pursed her lips, then carried the flowers to the trash.

Ms. Briggs really

to know who sent them. It must’ve stung watching that effort go straight to