She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 885:

But his fury found no outlet. Freya, known for her composure, had called him repeatedly the night before and even showed up at his hotel in person. She had known exactly what he was doing, and yet, she had still gone along with it.

This side of Freya was impossible to resist.

“One last question,” Kristian said, trying not to push too far.

Freya, seated across from him, gave a nod. “Go ahead.”

“If Ellis had confessed to you last night instead of me, would you have turned him down just as easily?” His eyes didn’t leave her face, watching for every flicker of emotion.

Freya hesitated, her mind conjuring the imagined scene against her will.

She already knew—she wouldn’t have rejected Ellis with the same certainty. Maybe it was because Ellis had always treated her kindly. Maybe it was something else entirely. But she couldn’t bring herself to be so harsh with him.

Kristian caught the pause. However, her expression remained unreadable, and he couldn’t guess what was going through her head. He pressed again, “You must have known he was planning to confess. I only got there first by calling you.”

she treated Ellis the same way she treated him,

tell the truth, but Lawrence’s warning echoed in her mind. Instead, she offered something half-true, half-false. “I didn’t

down?” Kristian’s voice dropped, darkening, his irises tinged with

didn’t know,” Freya repeated,

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curled against the table, his knuckles turning

can say for certain what they would do in a moment that hasn’t come. If it really

beneath the surface. Was this

he said

you change your

angry, but her blunt honesty

Kristian made up his mind—one final test for her. “You want him to come back, don’t you? To evaluate my condition, maybe even help me get my memory

didn’t dodge

a game with me. If you

“What kind of game?”