She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 525:

And more importantly, when Gerard had mentioned that Freya was some elite hacker, Melvin had said the same thing about his own boss. When Gerard praised her fighting skills, Melvin claimed his boss could take on ten of him. How could that be a coincidence? It was starting to sound like Melvin had been talking about Freya all along.

“Then why don’t you just take time off like before?” Gerard asked.

“There are still some loose ends at the office. I need to wrap things up before stepping away,” Melvin replied, his words as firm as ever.

“How did you meet Ms. Briggs?”

Melvin didn’t answer. He wasn’t planning to. Was Gerard ever going to let it go?

Gerard was nearly certain. “Ms. Briggs is your boss all along, isn’t she?”

“You’ve got it wrong.”

“That’s impossible!”

never guess who my boss really is,” Melvin cut the call abruptly, leaving Gerard

kept talking, Freya’s identity would be out in

the way Melvin handled the

all wrong? Then

Could it be… Melvin had a thing for Freya? Once that idea took root, it

for Freya, then everything suddenly clicked into

live on

of all people? That emotionally unavailable guy had faked his own breakup just to pry information out of Gerard? And on top of that,

those thoughts tangled in Gerard’s head, stirring up a complicated mess

was clueless when it came to relationships—never in a million years did he expect the guy to fall for

himself and decided to head to work. Melvin might’ve taken a leave of absence on his

to the office, it hit him—his reaction to Melvin’s confession