She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 560:

Kristian accepted the files wordlessly, skimmed through them, and signed without hesitation.

He answered the questions in short, clipped sentences.

By the time he was done, it was already past seven.

“You don’t need to wait up for me. Head home,” Kristian said, his tone flat and detached.

Gerard lingered for a second. “You sure?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright.”

“Mhm.”

Their exchange was brief—devoid of their usual rhythm. Kristian wasn’t in the mood for small talk today.

couldn’t help but feel a flicker of sympathy. Still, he knew better. Kristian had brought this on himself.

loop in Ms. Briggs? She’s

can tell her. Think of it as… my way of making things right.” He knew Freya was more than capable of uncovering

time, he wanted to take

had

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then took

shoot, and the two caught up over drinks. In the dim, private room of a nightclub, Kristian downed glass after glass, finishing off an entire bottle with practiced

over his. “You know drinking won’t

didn’t respond. His gaze

bottle anyway and poured himself another drink. Zander didn’t try to stop him again. He simply toyed with the rim of his glass and mused aloud, “You’ve never failed at work. And even if you had, you wouldn’t

glass but didn’t refill it this

been too busy filming to keep up with Kristian’s personal life.

kind of person do you

Zander replied. He never formed opinions without reason. “But from what little I’ve

out a dry,