She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1446:

His stare didn’t waver. “Think about how he treated you. His words. His tone. He rejected you, and you walked away. Now he calls, and you come running? What does that make you look like?”

“That was before—” Jessica tried to explain.

“I don’t care when it was,” Jacob interrupted, his voice dropping into a calm that stung. “He dismissed your feelings without blinking. Even if he thought it was for your sake, it wasn’t his call to make. You deserved more than that.”

Jessica’s mouth parted, but no words came. Her grip on the suitcase loosened as she stood there, blinking back the realization sinking in.

“But I already said yes…” she murmured, her heart still caught in the echo of Melvin’s voice.

Jacob’s gaze flicked to the suitcase on the bed. “Then say no. You’re allowed to change your mind. That’s what it means to take control.”

She hesitated. “But…” A part of her hated the idea of standing Melvin up.

Jessica was the rare exception. He wanted her grounded—especially in relationships. He’d seen what happened when people lost themselves in them. It

is Freya’s right-hand man. If you don’t trust him, can’t you at least trust her judgment?”

were anyone else, maybe I’d listen to you. But he’s… different.” When it came to love, Melvin was naive and gullible. He simply did everything

blunt, unmoved. “Work and relationships aren’t the same. Freya

what to say. She didn’t even know what

that moment, Lawrence wandered in, hands in his pockets, eyebrows raised

Jacob said flatly, like he was

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her.” Lawrence

slowly, his eyes offering a silent threat. One wrong

“So you think I

Then, noticing Jacob’s slow-burning