She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 818:

“Mina…” he stammered, clearly flustered by Freya’s unexpected return. Would her daughter misconstrue the situation? He had permitted their entry solely because circumstances had forced his hand.

Freya glanced upward and proceeded forward with Ethel beside her. “Are you occupied with something important?”

From their current position, the living room remained obscured from view.

“Not particularly,” Hugh confessed, still uncertain about Cheryl and Vivien’s purpose for seeking him out. “Cheryl and Vivien mentioned needing to discuss something with me. Considering the heavy snowfall outside, I invited them inside to continue our conversation.”

Freya paused, contemplating this explanation.

The guards had explicitly stated that Hugh initially refused entry.

Those loyal men would never fabricate stories to her, which meant Hugh had ultimately failed to deter the women and now deliberately omitted mentioning his resistance.

Freya acknowledged with a

to the surface. “You aren’t upset by this arrangement, are

harbor no resentment, provided they neither dine nor lodge here overnight,”

reasons he couldn’t quite articulate, he sensed that Freya had undergone

for such cautious navigation around us. You carry no outstanding debt

𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝑒𝓍𝓉

their circumstances from a different perspective, Freya realized that had she occupied her parents’ position years ago, she might not have navigated their challenges any more successfully. The two families had

own father’s influence. Both parents harbored genuine affections elsewhere but found themselves

those constraints deserved genuine

had flourished throughout their childhood without veering

increasingly complex as he

deliberation, Freya embraced him warmly, enfolding the father

her mother still remained among them. Had she channeled all her energy into medical studies from an early age, might she have rescued her mother from death’s unyielding grasp when even Jacob stood helpless? Yet

posture stiffened momentarily before his eyes glistened with