She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 854

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.”

sleep with

have to help you

you’re safe and sound, I’m at peace,” she replied with unshaken calm. “It’s late. Get some rest. Pick a room—any

get close to her had crumbled like a house of cards in a storm. In the end, all his efforts

he called suddenly, just as she

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She paused. “Yes?”

really afraid?” Kristian asked, his voice stripped

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

shutting the door between them like drawing a curtain

The emotion in his

he turned back and retreated

waited. Natasha

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emoji appeared almost immediately. Then Natasha

“You know money isn’t my

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