She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 786:

After the usual greetings, Freya got straight to the point. “Yesterday at Lawrence’s, did you only pick up the cufflink?”

Gerard was alert. Why was she asking that all of a sudden? Had she figured something out? What should he do? What could he say?

“Yes,” he answered, following his boss’s lead. “Why do you ask?”

“How long were you there?” she continued.

“A few hours,” Gerard replied, knowing full well Freya could dig up the truth if she wanted to. “Dr. Hayes was having lunch when we got there, so we joined him. Then he took my boss inside. I don’t know what they did.”

“You didn’t go in?”

“Dr. Hayes told me to wait outside.” That was the answer he gave.

And it confirmed Freya’s hunch—Lawrence had definitely done something with Kristian. Retrieving a cufflink didn’t require excluding Gerard. Kristian’s ward wasn’t some fortress, so asking Gerard to stay out was strange.

Briggs, is something wrong?” Gerard asked nervously, his

replied, already preparing to confront Lawrence. “Kristian has a fever, and I’m trying

Gerard blinked. “What?”

was no way Kristian had caught a chill yesterday.

it suddenly

phone with Kristian, he had faintly heard water running in the background. Could Kristian have been taking a cold bath at that hour? That had to be it. Given Kristian’s

much did Kristian eat

himself off

𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱

That was close!

said

little,” he corrected quickly. “He didn’t have much

face darkened. That hesitation earlier made Gerard’s words ring

eaten so little, there wouldn’t have been that pause. Freya noticed it too. After a beat, she

froze, his nerves fraying.

night, pleading with Ellis not to hurt him. A suspicion rose, and she said to Gerard, “I know Kristian’s your boss, and even now, you still treat him with respect, despite what’s happened to him. Let me ask you something. If he didn’t want you to tell me something, you can