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. Even so, Gerard gave him

paused. “Should we loop in Ms. Briggs?

“Once I’ve taken care of everything, you can tell her. Think of it as… my way of making things right.” He knew Freya was

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who was in Alerith for a shoot, and the two caught up over drinks. In the dim, private room of a

reached for another, Zander gently placed a hand over his. “You know drinking

His gaze was unreadable,

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 let it get to you. Your family’s

emptied his glass but didn’t refill it this time. “So it’s either Freya or

filming to keep up with Kristian’s personal life. He had no idea

of person do you think Freya is?” Kristian asked

reason. “But from what little I’ve seen, she

let out a dry, bitter