She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 854:

Kristian hesitated, his smile faltering like a candle flickering in a draft. His original intention had been to share a room with Freya, but the wind had clearly shifted.

“I’m not planning to sleep,” he replied, his expression still painted with innocence. “I’ll stay with you.”

Freya’s brow arched, an unmistakable signal. “What?”

Kristian met her gaze, earnest as daylight. “Didn’t you say you were scared? I’ll keep watch by your bedside.”

“That’s unnecessary.”

“Freya…”

“To be honest,” she said plainly, “having you hovering near me would make my skin crawl even more.”

Kristian blinked, genuinely thrown off by the strange irony in her logic. “Why?”

“Because waking up and finding someone looming at my bedside? That’s nightmare fuel,” she said, cutting off his intentions with the precision of a guillotine. “We could leave the light on.”

can’t sleep with the

to

peace,” she replied

miscalculated. His plan to get close to her had crumbled like a house

called suddenly, just as she turned

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She paused. “Yes?”

asked,

scared, then I’m not,” she said cryptically. “And if you’re not,

that enigmatic reply, she disappeared into her room, shutting the door between them like drawing

emotion in his eyes was no longer

he turned back and retreated

phone, an unread message waited.

a beat, then

smiling emoji appeared almost immediately. Then

“You know money isn’t