She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 875:

Kristian didn’t return to his own apartment. Instead, he checked into a hotel. Coincidentally, it wasn’t far from Freya’s home and was right along her usual route.

After getting settled, Kristian took Gerard’s phone and handed him a new one, this one tightly monitored.

“Use this for your calls and work stuff,” Kristian said, his mind sharper than ever. “It’s synced with my phone. I’ll know exactly who you contact and what you send.”

“Isn’t this a little extreme?” Gerard hadn’t expected Kristian to go this far.

He figured that even if his phone got taken and he couldn’t remember Freya’s number, he could contact his dad and get Freya’s number that way. After all, that’s how he’d reached her last time.

But now, there was zero privacy.

“There’s no way to get in touch with her without me knowing,” Kristian said coldly, setting his terms. “It’s not up to you whether it’s extreme or not. Your job is to follow the instructions.”

wouldn’t hold back anymore. He’d make sure she agreed to

like he was in over his head. From the way he’d spoken to Freya before leaving, she was probably expecting

Kristian was fine. And that meant she

to say something real to Kristian. “If you really care about Ms. Briggs, maybe talk things through instead of acting out

out?” Kristian’s eyes

𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀

“Storming off after she turns you down—what else do you

out,” Kristian said

done exactly what she asked of him. He’d behaved.

first today, would she have shot him down so firmly? He didn’t think so. She had always treated Ellis better. If Freya knew what Kristian was thinking right now, she’d probably explode. Sure, she was on good terms with Ellis. But it wasn’t like she’d been cruel to Kristian either. Aside from being a little distant at first, she’d always considered his

home,

the call. But he

of it and asked him

Kristian said slowly, his eyes locked on the screen where her name was still flashing. “If I answer on the first

third time, he would’ve answered