She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1570:

Brielle didn’t want to, still hoping to catch his attention. But after a moment of awkward silence, she slipped the shirt on.

“Why aren’t you interested even after all this?” she asked, zipping the shirt up to her chin. Her eyes held a mix of stubbornness and innocence.

Kristian didn’t mince words. “What kind of interest do you expect from me?”

“Well…” Brielle hesitated, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. She struggled to say it outright. “The kind between a man and a woman.”

“You mean sex?” Kristian asked bluntly.

“Yes,” Brielle admitted.

“I’m not interested in casual flings,” Kristian said sharply, hoping to shut her down.

Brielle had braced herself for rejection.

hearing it still cut deep, like a

softened slightly.

ready

his back still to

in,” Brielle asked, her voice direct, “or is it anyone

the woman I love,” Kristian said, his words sharp

nodded slowly.

assumed Brielle was finally beginning to let

closer, her tone laced with defiance and

didn’t say

I both know Freya would never breathe a word of it,” Brielle went on. “So long as you don’t

imagination at

with her. If letting her believe there was something wrong with him would finally make her back off, then he was perfectly willing

wasn’t pleased with his unbothered attitude. She drew in a sharp breath. “I knew it. No normal man reaches adulthood without a single ounce

said it yourself—there’s something wrong with me,” Kristian shot back

been detached when it came to things like sexual desire. Even when the feeling crept up, he knew how to shut it down—redirect, focus on something else. It