She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 774:

“Just doing my job,” Gerard replied with his well-worn grin. He then added, as Kristian had instructed, “By the way, Ms. Briggs, my boss hasn’t eaten anything since noon. Said he didn’t have an appetite.”

“He skipped two meals?” Freya’s brow creased with concern.

“He picked at lunch, barely touched anything,” Gerard silently begged for forgiveness with his eyes but stuck to the script. “I made all his favorite dishes for dinner, but he didn’t take a single bite.”

“Freya…” Kristian tugged gently at her sleeve, his expression woeful. Gerard nearly laughed. Kristian’s performance was nothing short of theatrical.

The way he could flip between childish innocence and mature calculation—honestly, it was uncanny. “Why didn’t you eat?” Freya asked evenly.

“You weren’t here. I didn’t feel like eating,” Kristian dropped his gaze, his voice soft and muffled.

“What do you want to eat?” Freya asked, unwilling to let him go to bed hungry. “I’ll take you out for supper.”

fine,” Kristian murmured. All he really wanted was to stay close to

out of the car and casting a glance at

Kristian, and she didn’t want to trouble Ellis. But Ellis didn’t give her the chance. He gently nudged both her and

with that, the

eyes fixed on the pair in front. A shadow flickered through his gaze. At a sharp bend in the road, he shifted on purpose, trying to reach for Freya. But the sudden tilt of the car flung him sideways into the door. “Ouch!” he cried, his voice high with

check on

rubbing

𝗢𝗻𝗅𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗀𝖺𝗅𝖓𝗈𝗏𝗲𝗅𝗌⍿ⅽ𝗈𝗆

him. “I’ll check it when we get home. Just hang in there,

“Freya…”

“What is it?”

Kristian really knew how to play the part.

through the rearview mirror, his eyes darkening. Freya kept her voice level. “The car

lowered his head, looking properly chastised. He looked for all the world like a scolded child who had no

to comfort him but didn’t know how. Ellis really wasn’t driving