She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 535:

“Please don’t look at me like that,” Gerard pleaded, realizing how his earlier words might’ve sounded. “Seriously, nothing is going on between me and Melvin! We’re just good buddies, that’s all.”

Freya’s gaze shifted ever so slightly, a subtle flicker that spoke volumes.

“Just good buddies?”

Gerard caught the silent message in her eyes, and his grin wavered. “You don’t believe that?”

“If it really was just friendship, then why did you tell me he hit a rough patch in his relationship?” Freya asked, her confidence finally beginning to crack. “And why did you tell me to lighten his workload… even suggested you’d compensate him?”

Most telling of all—when she had asked if he was the reason behind Melvin’s problem, Gerard had fallen completely silent.

Gerard glanced in Kristian’s

now felt

Gerard blurted the truth in front

gaze, her brows knitting

Melvin my word I’d keep it private,” Gerard replied quickly, scrambling for a way out. “I can’t tell

had confessed that the story was fabricated to dig for information, Gerard couldn’t shake the feeling that something didn’t

type to dangle his emotions like bait—not even

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝓬𝗼𝗽𝓎

Gerard. Trying to rescue his own name, Gerard made one more attempt. “Look, all you need to know is that Melvin and

with a noncommittal,

eyes with Freya. That face—he had seen it in his dreams countless times. And now, here

“What happened tonight?”

Freya shot back instead of answering. Given how that