She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1177:

“The drones and fireworks were Freya’s proposal to Ellis,” Kristian murmured, his voice hoarse and thick with emotion. “The meteor shower was Ellis proposing back to her.”

“What?” Gerard was stunned.

Kristian dropped his gaze, his expression unreadable. “Maybe I shouldn’t have rushed into marriage back then.”

At the time, he thought Freya was smart, composed, someone he could talk to with ease. They clicked in many ways, and he had a strong first impression of her. So after a few days of thought, he made a snap decision and married her. In their world, most marriages were nothing but business deals. Since he had to settle down anyway, he decided to choose someone he actually liked.

But now… he wondered if that decision had been a mistake.

“There’s no absolute right or wrong in things like this,” Gerard said, trying to sound reasonable. “If both people feel it’s right, a quick marriage can work. In this day and age,”

are constantly feeling the pressure from their families to start dating and tie the knot as soon

ended up married after just a few dates. As long as they were sincere about building a life together, it wasn’t necessarily wrong. Kristian’s heart felt impossibly heavy, his thoughts a

then asked

“Go ahead.”

with Ms. Briggs, was it partly because she reminded you of Ashley?” Gerard asked,

married her because I felt

“Then…” Gerard hesitated.

understood what he was trying to ask and answered plainly, “When Freya asked me that back then, I said yes

Kristian realized

own person. She was candid, unyielding, and carried a kind of purity

in

of the past—of Freya looking at