She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 876:

Once that was done, she called Lawrence.

He didn’t pick up. So she tried Jacob. She’d always known Jacob and Lawrence had something going on. When it came to Lawrence, Jacob usually knew everything. But she never dug into the details.

Jacob had just gotten out of the shower, a towel wrapped around his waist, steam still clinging to the air. He picked up Freya’s call while drying his hair.

“Hi, what’s up?” he said casually.

“Do you know what Lawrence has been up to lately?” Freya didn’t bother with small talk, not with him. “Kristian’s mental faculties seemed to have returned to normal. I need to speak to Lawrence about it.”

Jacob glanced toward the door, paused for a second, and asked, “Is it urgent?”

“Yes,” Freya replied, thinking back to what Kristian had said before he walked out. Something about the way he’d acted felt off.

“Hang on.” Jacob’s tone was light and pleasant.

gave a quiet okay and

room, where a figure sat hunched over, looking utterly defeated. His

brain, trying to come up with a way

sudden sound of the door creaking open made

stood Jacob, in a

second, Lawrence’s mind spun with wild thoughts. Was this Jacob’s way of showing a crack in

𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙 𝖌𝖔𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔: g⧉𝗮⧉𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗲⧉𝗅𝘀.⧉ⅽ𝗈⧉𝗆

to flicker died the

it’s something urgent—just for you.” Jacob passed the phone to him, his voice and

he looked at Jacob with a faint attempt at charm. “If I take this call, will

slipping back into his earlier

he ignored the call, Jacob would think he was avoiding his duties. But if he answered, he’d have to face whatever mess Kristian

took the phone, drew in a calming breath,

“Lawrence?”