She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 626:

Gerard pressed his lips together and started the engine, weighed down by a heaviness in his chest.

A pang of guilt surfaced.

Why hadn’t he pushed harder back then—insisted they sit down and talk things through?

Kristian never even liked Ashley. And yet he still divorced Freya for her. Wasn’t that utterly senseless?

Lost in thought, Gerard pulled into the parking lot.

When Kristian stepped out of the car, Gerard called out and handed him something. “Mr. Shaw.”

Kristian paused. Even in his suit, looking every bit the man of prestige, his mood gave him away. He looked less aloof and more like someone burdened by quiet sorrow.

“Happy birthday.” Gerard offered the item with a faint smile. “I hope this year brings you everything you’ve been hoping for.”

box, his voice low and hoarse.

Gerard tried to lift the mood with a bit of warmth. “Your

“Come with me.”

“No, thank you.”

come.” Kristian’s eyes were layered with something unreadable, something aching. For the last two years, it had always been Freya and Gerard who planned

here this time. But Gerard should be. After a pause, Gerard nodded. “Alright.” His reason was

more content at

and his forced smiles might

he underestimated Kristian. From the time he was young, unless it

they reached the door, he’d pulled

man coming home from a regular day at work, like nothing in the

felt something twist

someone like Kristian masked his pain to keep from worrying

door, hesitated for a breath, then lifted his hand and opened it, stepping inside as if it were

surprise. “Didn’t Gerard say there was some last-minute issue and you’d be delayed by an