She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 623:

Out in the parking lot, Freya slid into her car with Kristian taking the passenger seat beside her.

She didn’t start the engine. Instead, she turned to him and asked calmly, “What brings you here?”

“It’s been a month.”

“What?”

“It’s been almost a month since Grandpa’s birthday,” Kristian said, his eyes softer than usual. “You should be on your period by now, but you’re not. So… you should pretend to be pregnant.” His words jerked Freya’s mind back to the present.

The man who had told Ashley to keep an eye on Freya’s signs of pregnancy clearly had an agenda behind it.

Freya’s brows pinched slightly before she replied, “I’ll tell Ashley.”

“Freya,” Kristian’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed down a tangle of unspoken words.

dreading that Freya

out, he’d rather that than this

confusion behind them hit her with

and asked lightly, “What is it that you

sorry…” Kristian’s voice was rough, his hair tousled and casting shadows across his

he had never wanted to face—that he regretted everything. Regretted the choices he made, regretted letting Freya go, regretted not treasuring her when he had

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁: ⲅⲁⳑ𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗆

hesitated, her gaze drifting unfocused for

she was feeling. Kristian had said those words before, but

was to prove him

now, watching him crumble beneath the weight of his

she felt eerily calm. Maybe

as Kristian had been so utterly lost in matters

Kristian murmured again, his head hanging

this sight might have shattered her. She