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

she replied with unshaken calm. “It’s late. Get some rest.

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

just as she turned

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She paused. “Yes?”

you really afraid?” Kristian asked, his voice

she said cryptically. “And if you’re not, then

she disappeared into her room, shutting the

remained at her door, his mask falling away. The emotion in his eyes was no

back and retreated

unread message waited. Natasha had

beat, then typed slowly, “Is

immediately. Then Natasha wrote, “That’ll cost

“You know money isn’t my

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