Chapter 801:

And yet, despite that, Kristian had managed to keep his charade perfectly intact.

“Freya.” Kristian’s voice suddenly echoed from outside the door.

Freya pulled the door open and asked evenly, “What is it?”

“There’s something I’d like to ask you.” Kristian, in truth, just wanted to buy Lawrence some space—to let him sort things out on his own. “I’m not sure if you’re up for hearing it.”

“Go on.”

“Do you have feelings for the man from next door?”

“Huh?”

Why was he asking this? Freya stared at him, catching the sincerity etched across his face, but all she could think was how this felt like part of his performance.

I already answered that before?”

sure. If he told you how he felt, would you be with him?” To Kristian,

good-looking, but charm alone wasn’t enough to

wired, she didn’t care much for romance or the idea of getting hitched.

marry me?” Kristian asked

surprise. She gave his forehead a firm poke and said

you,” Kristian said boldly. “I want to take care of you and treat

“I’m not looking

“Is it because I hurt you before?” he asked, putting on the

got nothing to do with that. This is about me.” She didn’t want him fixating on her—it would only cause trouble for both of them. “We’re like siblings. That’s all. Got

But leaving things vague would only feed Kristian’s

last bit of it. And she couldn’t let this continue. The only way to

head, but somewhere

and walked away. His figure looked heavy, as though something deep within him had

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