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.

gave her another look

reached the company, he went off to his own work, and Freya made her way to

bouquet of vivid, eye-catching roses on her desk. Her brow furrowed, and she looked

someone nearby replied. “The delivery guy asked for

looked

chapters now on

with a handwritten

slid the card back into the flowers and told her

chip development, she had the Briggs Group assign her a new assistant. Melvin had

staring at the pristine bouquet. “You really want to throw

Freya said, curt

assistant pursed her lips, then carried the flowers to the trash. Her action didn’t go unnoticed. Whispers

Briggs really that

sent them. It must’ve stung