She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1165:

Freya had no clue Ellis had enlisted Alan to help with the proposal, so naturally, she hadn’t thought about how Alan was supposed to act to keep up appearances.

What she did care about was making sure her own story didn’t unravel.

Eventually, Freya replied, “That doesn’t really work. I barely know the girl. Saying I’m helping Alan propose makes way more sense.”

The two froze. That was when they realized they’d been looking at everything from an all-knowing perspective, while Freya and Ellis were each stuck in their own version of the truth.

Thankfully, Freya hadn’t caught on.

Freya said, “I’m counting on you two for the day after tomorrow.” They both quickly reassured her it’d be fine.

After the chat, Freya finally put her phone down and curled up under the covers. Letting it all out had lifted the weight on her chest.

silently wrapped in their own thoughts—both quietly counting down the

and Gerard made their way to

months away stirred something deep in Kristian—a strange, tangled knot of emotions he couldn’t quite put into

be handling the negotiations? Then why are you here?” Gerard

answered with cool indifference, “There’s something I need

is it?” Gerard pressed, a note of curiosity threading through

by the window, gazing out at the endless stream of cars and the glow of the city lights. After a prolonged silence, he finally murmured in a low, gravelly

caught on instantly. When it came to anything Kristian deemed important, it must

“Is Ms. Briggs…?”

more, clearly not in the mood to continue. “Tomorrow, take care of

the latest updates

we not

in the slightest.” Kristian’s tone

thriving. Holding steady was more than enough