She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 808:

Kristian, keeping to Freya’s instructions, kept his usual poker face.

“Nothing.”

“It’s Freya, isn’t it?” Lionel said suddenly, unable to hold it in.

Kristian looked at him again, eyes narrowing just slightly.

Lionel reached for the coffee pot, planning to ease into conversation.

But Kristian moved faster, pouring the coffee with the kind of fluidity that startled even himself. It wasn’t something he thought about—it was muscle memory, pure and simple.

Lionel’s eyes clouded with something complicated, and a heaviness settled in his chest.

“Kristian,” he said after a thoughtful pause, this time with more weight, “if you can’t win Freya back, maybe it’s best to let her go. You know what she’s like—once her mind’s made up, she won’t change it. She’s not the type to go back, especially after everything that happened.”

women might have let it go. But Freya

his voice steady and sure. “And she

If Freya

Kristian had

said, eyeing him closely, his features marked with a tangle of emotions.

know,” Kristian agreed with

found at

telling him to get some rest, Lionel rose to

twinged unexpectedly. He stood and called

catching the

said at last, the weight of Lionel’s concern finally pressing on him.

said, his spirit visibly lifted, a faint smile curling at his lips. “If she worries

by his attitude. This family’s way of showing love

warmed him. Not the same warmth he felt with Freya—this was different.

told him,

boy into a man, sensed something wasn’t