She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 969:

“You were my first love,” Freya said, understanding exactly why he’d asked. “I didn’t want to get too entangled with you. That’s why I didn’t want to say it back then. With the way you treated me at the time, even if I had told the truth, you wouldn’t have believed it.”

A sharp pang twisted inside him. They could have had something beautiful, but he’d torn it apart with his own hands.

“And Charlie?”

“My custom-made pillow,” Freya answered.

The mention of it stirred a memory—she used to sleep at home most of the time, but ever since coming back from Jeucwell, she’d stayed here. She hadn’t hugged Charlie in months.

No wonder her sleep had felt off lately, though she hadn’t figured out why.

Kristian didn’t even know how he made it out of her apartment.

Sitting in the car, her words rang in his ears.

my

“My custom-made pillow.”

of a fool he’d been—misjudging Freya over Ashley, doubting her when Norah had caused harm, refusing to

all along. Why hadn’t he

noticed the drained look

you head back

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the best cure for heartbreak was time and distance. Staying in Alerith

need,” Kristian

regretting everything now wouldn’t fix a thing. It’d be smarter to throw himself into work and rise to Freya’s level

keep hearing about the Shaw Group—and about him.

I kept making Freya’s life difficult… did you think I was being ridiculous?” Kristian’s

“No,” Gerard said quickly.

was about to continue, but Gerard cut in, dead serious. “I thought you were

Kristian was stunned.