She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 687:

“It’s too early to tell. We won’t be able to run a full assessment until his external injuries have healed.” He didn’t sugarcoat it.

Freya told him she’d be there as soon as she could, then ended the call. By the time she landed, it was already past nine.

She headed straight to the hospital where Kristian was being treated, hoping Lawrence could get him transferred to his own facility right away.

But when she got there, Kristian’s room was empty. Her stomach dropped. She checked every room in the ward, but found no trace of him.

Panic rising, she pulled out her phone and called Lawrence.

She heard the ringtone echoing faintly down the corridor.

As she followed the sound, Lawrence appeared at the end of the hallway, casually dressed, a faint smile on his lips. “Ms. Briggs, over here.”

“Where’s Kristian?” Freya asked sharply.

be arriving at my facility

drew together. She didn’t buy it. “Then why are

consent form. And—” He paused, his eyes shifting, a

didn’t budge. “And

got a message for you.

but she didn’t look

her this wouldn’t be

wouldn’t be able to

𝗀Ɐ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝒸𝗈𝗺, 𝓶𝗈𝗋𝑒 𝓬𝒉𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝗈𝗇

settled between the two of you,” Lawrence said, hands shoved in his pockets. “All the misunderstandings, the broken trust, whatever debt he owed you—he’s

but she knew his pride. A man like him wouldn’t say something like that.

so hard to believe?” Lawrence

expression didn’t falter. “Let me see him. I want to hear

Lawrence was just trying to keep her out of the picture for his own benefit. She couldn’t afford to risk Kristian waking

Lawrence just kept playing his part. “He doesn’t want to see you. How else would you hear