She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 863:

Gerard froze. He’d assumed that with Kristian’s memory loss, he could afford to loosen up a little. What he hadn’t counted on was Kristian still having sharp instincts—and access to all the facts.

“That won’t be necessary.” He let out a slow breath, realizing there was no way to cover it up now. “Did you need something from me?”

“You’ve got one last chance. Make sure you’re in Alerith before 5 PM.”

Kristian’s tone was steady, the kind that didn’t invite argument. “If you handle tonight properly, I’ll let this slide. But if you mess it up, we’ll be revisiting everything.”

“What exactly am I supposed to do?” Gerard’s voice was tight.

Kristian kept his cool. “I’ll explain once you get here.”

Gerard blinked, caught completely off guard. He opened his mouth to respond, but the line had already gone dead.

Not daring to waste another second, he handed the phone back to his father, pulled up the nearest flight, and started packing with urgency.

he had reached Alerith right on time. Once he updated Kristian about his arrival, he was immediately given

of him, Gerard hesitated. “Are you serious

you worried she’ll

assistant even realize how tactless

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩶ⅽ𝗈𝗺

“Ms. Briggs isn’t thinking about romance right now. If you pull a public love

well aware that speaking up like that would land him in

how he felt just like

his irritation with Gerard’s attitude. “Just

make sense of Kristian’s choices, but saying no wasn’t an option. He could only hope he wouldn’t be blamed if things blew

Freya brought Kristian along to

them arrived, Frederick and Ellis were already seated in the private room, where the

uneasy, Frederick pushed through his nerves and tried to get the conversation rolling. “So,

drink, his fingers long and

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