She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 723:

Lawrence added, “You don’t have to worry about him clinging on. From what he told me, if you don’t want anything from him, he won’t bother you again.”

Sometimes, Kristian really was a walking contradiction. In business, he was razor-sharp, a man who never second-guessed himself. But when it came to love, he swung from one extreme to the other. He’d either follow his own impulses or put someone else’s feelings above all else. And strangely enough, with Freya, both extremes had manifested.

“Got it,” Freya murmured.

“So you’re taking him with you by choice?” Lawrence asked, still a little wary.

He didn’t want Freya to think this had been some kind of setup.

Better to play it safe—never know when he might need a favor, and holding a grudge was something K did well.

Freya gave a soft hum in reply.

She followed Lawrence to finish signing the discharge papers, then finally took Kristian away from Lawrence’s medical facility.

back, Kristian sat in the passenger seat in absolute silence. Every so often, though, he’d steal a glance at

touch of confusion. He acted just like a little

are my sister,

his way, keeping her focus on the road. “Yes. What’s on your

fidgeted with his hands, then asked in a soft, uncertain voice, “Do you not like

jolt. She shoved aside the tangle of thoughts crowding her mind and

what you love

Kristian said in a low voice, the innocence in his tone almost

home, take a shower and get some rest. I’ll call your dad

simply lowered his

looped through his mind—his sister didn’t

anymore. After all, he’d gotten hurt saving her.

like that one. And she didn’t know how to answer. If she treated him like a child and

she stayed distant, he was so sensitive now. At that