She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 773:

Riley queried, “Are you still hung up on Kristian?”

Freya quickly denied. “No.”

Greta probed further. “Then why not give Ellis a chance? Imagine, if things work out, you’d be our secret weapon against any mischief he might cook up!”

Riley agreed enthusiastically. “Exactly!”

“End of conversation,” Freya typed back, her fingers flicking the phone screen off as she dismissed the whole idea.

Meanwhile, on Kristian’s side.

Kristian and Gerard were supposed to head to Anita International’s annual party at 10 pm. Impatience gnawed at Kristian as the clock ticked closer to nine, an hour earlier than planned.

confines of the study, he found Gerard lounging in the living room and immediately instructed him to take

before finally revealing the truth—the

Kristian’s expression froze over, his entire demeanor turning frigid.

Gerard murmured, his confidence waning under Kristian’s

the spot. Yet, he restrained himself, aware of Gerard’s significance

the phone. Right now,” Kristian snapped, the sharp edge in his voice betraying his fraying patience. “Tell her to come pick me up. And don’t forget to

you did have your dinner.” Kristian had,

raised his eyes to meet his, his voice calm and measured but carrying a quiet, unmistakable threat. “If I say I didn’t, then

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curling in his chest like smoke. His

determined not to let him slip up. “Don’t forget what I told you today, especially about

“Alright,” Gerard answered instinctively.

reluctant sigh, he dialed

were almost home when her phone rang. She said her driver would pick Kristian up, but Kristian wouldn’t have it. Still thinking of him as just a child mentally,