She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 688:

She stood frozen, her phone clutched in her hand, thoughts spinning in a fog. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t make sense of it—why would Kristian suddenly cut her off like this? Was he trying to spare her pain?

“Ms. Briggs, I know this probably isn’t what you want to hear,” Lawrence said carefully, his voice edged with a hint of caution. “But Kristian is the president of Shaw Group—admired, envied, chased after by more people than I can count. He chased you for months, and you never gave him the time of day. That kind of rejection—it stings.”

He added, “I’m not totally in the dark about your situation. He left you for someone else, and things between you turned ugly after that. But believe it or not, there was never a mistress. And he’s already risked his life trying to make things right. Or do you expect him to spend the rest of his life making amends?”

“No,” Freya murmured softly.

“Then why won’t you let him go?” Lawrence snapped. “He’s already made amends. He tried to fix your relationship, and you turned him away. Now, just like you said you wanted, you’re strangers. But you still insist on seeing him—don’t you think that’s crossing a line?”

He was right.

Freya answered him in her mind.

But still, something in her gut told her it wasn’t as cut-and-dry as Lawrence made it seem.

need to hear it from him to finally let go, then fine,” Lawrence said, recognizing her

shifted

and she gripped her phone like it might anchor her, her body taut with

thing I came prepared,” Lawrence said,

??? ???? ??

he said it, a recording began

“I don’t want any more

ended and Freya didn’t respond, Lawrence

still as stone, listening. Every word seemed to carve into her, cutting deeper

the second playback, Lawrence reached for his

her voice steady but low. “I heard

hear it a few more times?” Lawrence

by the second listen, she already

Kristian’s voice. Unfiltered,