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.

glanced

Melvin had feelings for Freya now felt like stabbing Kristian in the back, didn’t

a secret crush. If Gerard blurted the truth in front of Freya, Melvin would

direction of his gaze, her brows knitting together. “Why are

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

fabricated to dig for information,

emotions

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Gerard made one

responded with a

seen it

“What happened tonight?”

how that mastermind usually operated with

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