She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 788:

“Freya…” Kristian murmured weakly, his voice touched with vulnerability. He pointed toward the IV drip with a pitiful look. “Can you make it stop? It’s uncomfortable.”

“Do as the doctor says, if you want to get better quickly,” Freya replied, her voice noticeably cooler than before.

Kristian immediately sensed the difference in her tone. He also noticed the shift in her demeanor.

Thinking back to the moment Ellis had pulled Freya out of the room, suspicion stirred in his mind. Had Ellis said something to her about his mental condition?

It didn’t matter to Kristian. Ellis had no solid proof, and he could keep pretending in front of Freya.

“Kristian Shaw,” Freya called his full name.

She didn’t speak with warmth, only a quiet detachment, as if she were addressing a stranger.

hand clenched under the blanket, though his expression remained

“Why did you lie?”

“Lie?”

he hadn’t the faintest clue what she meant. He was playing the role flawlessly,

dinner. Why did you say you hadn’t eaten?” Freya asked, her voice lined with quiet reproach. “And

inside Kristian.

not unlike that of a parent

her, then yanked out the IV, grabbed the

M𝒪rє 𝒸ontєnt 𝓃𝒾𝓌: g𝒶l𝑛ovєls.𝓬○𝓶

it. But then he remembered that Freya knew Gerard too well. If he said the wrong thing

her voice was firm. “If

Kristian didn’t move.

Freya

came Kristian’s muffled voice from beneath the