She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 807:

He wanted to tell her that none of them wanted him there at all. But when he met her eyes, saw the sincerity in them, the words faltered and died.

“Nothing. Just tired,” he muttered, his tone losing its edge. “I need some rest.”

With that, he turned and disappeared down the hallway before Melinda could say another word.

“Kristian!”

“Let him go.” Isaac gently caught Melinda’s arm, his eyes darkening. “He needs some time.”

“But what’s going on with him?” she asked, clearly shaken by his coldness. “Did something happen while he was away?”

The tension between Lionel and Kristian had always followed a pattern: Lionel’s rough jabs met by Kristian’s lighthearted teasing.

To outsiders, Lionel’s behavior might’ve seemed harsh, but Kristian had always seen through it. Their banter was just that—banter.

it all, there had always

this… this was something else

the hell’s gotten into that brat?” Lionel

clue.” Isaac kept his tone intentionally nonchalant.

like fog over

exchanged anxious looks, Liam remained the only

more chapters on

later, Lionel

phone. As soon as Lionel stepped in, the device was locked and

deep,

than that. Kristian wouldn’t look at him like that unless something had seriously gone

been too proud to admit when he’d messed up—not with

Kristian froze.

like that, the fury and frost in him

looked at the old man in front of him—his grey beard, the years heavy on his shoulders—and something unspoken stirred in his chest. In

sulking?” Lionel asked, his voice warm and