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.

look

the company, he went off to his own work, and Freya

roses on her desk. Her

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

looked at the

now on

with a handwritten message, signed

the card back into the flowers and

International got caught up in a collaboration on chip development, she had the Briggs Group assign her a new assistant. Melvin had returned to his original post at Anita

new assistant hesitated, staring at the pristine

Freya said, curt

to the trash. Her action didn’t

Briggs really

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