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.”

gift box, his

to lift the mood with a bit of warmth. “Your family is waiting for

“Come with me.”

“No, thank you.”

Kristian’s eyes were layered with something unreadable, something aching. For the last two years, it had always been Freya

should be. After a pause,

more content

in no state to hide how he felt, and his forced smiles might

unless it was love, Kristian never let his family see

reached the door, he’d pulled

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

felt something twist

his pain to keep

for a breath, then lifted his hand and opened

blinked in surprise. “Didn’t Gerard say there was