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.

in the passenger seat in absolute silence. Every so often,

with tension, unease, and a touch of confusion. He acted just

are my sister, right?” he said

on the road. “Yes. What’s on

his hands, then asked in a soft,

tangle of thoughts crowding her mind

you love

low

get home, take a

nothing. He simply lowered his

thought looped through his mind—his

After all, he’d gotten hurt saving her. The least she

like that one. And she didn’t know how to answer. If she treated him like a child and tried to comfort him, what if he recovered and took

had feelings? But if she stayed distant, he was so sensitive now. At that age, kids picked up on