She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 779:

Yet with both men tight-lipped, she let it lie.

“Alright, we’ll get going then.” Her tone was calm, her poise unshaken.

“Thanks for tonight. Good night.”

“Good night.”

And with that, the conversation came to a close.

Freya led Kristian away.

This wasn’t how Kristian expected things to unfold. By all accounts, Freya should have pressed harder, especially when the pieces didn’t fit together. If she couldn’t pull the truth from them, she should at least be suspicious. After all, his performance had left no cracks. So what was she waiting for?

As she walked him to his room, Freya noticed the unease still clinging to Kristian like a second skin. “Kristian,” she began.

He looked up.

softened, the way one speaks to a child with a scraped knee. “Don’t be afraid of Ellis. He’s not someone to

She patted his shoulder. “Go wash up and get some sleep. Tomorrow,

his eyes to

“Yes?” she asked.

to leave me alone with the mister next door anymore?” His words trembled, full of crafted

to trouble Ellis further anyway. If necessary, she’d ask Gerard or a bodyguard to stay

𝓥𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂 𝓈𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝗀𝓪𝗅𝗇𝗈𝖛𝗲𝗅𝘀．𝚌𝗈𝗺

called

She turned to him.

nervously. “What kind of person do you

a good man,” Freya answered without

away briefly, then asked again,

in Freya’s mind—an

eyes met, and it faded away. His gaze was as unguarded and innocent as

boy,” she said

lifted—but not