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

feelings for Freya now felt like stabbing Kristian

crush. If Gerard blurted the truth in front of Freya, Melvin would absolutely hold it against him

followed the direction of his gaze, her brows knitting together. “Why are you looking at

Melvin my word I’d keep it private,” Gerard replied quickly, scrambling for a way out. “I

Melvin had confessed that the story was fabricated to dig for information,

his emotions like bait—not even to

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studied Gerard. Trying to rescue his own name, Gerard made one more

with a

entire exchange, locked eyes with Freya. That face—he had seen

“What happened tonight?”

back instead of answering. Given how that mastermind usually operated with surgical precision, such a blunder