She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 669:

She approached the sofa, where her phone had rested untouched for two days. Unlocking it, she opened an app and activated the lights in every corner of the house with one tap. In an instant, her home shone like midday.

She didn’t move deeper in. Instead, she sat calmly on the couch and spoke into the open air. “Will you come out on your own, or shall I call security to drag you out?”

“Don’t be so harsh.” A voice floated out from the bedroom. It was Natasha. “I was only hiding to surprise you.”

Freya froze for a beat.

Natasha?

She stared, taken aback. “Why are you here?”

“Didn’t you ask me to get Ashley back to Alerith safely?” Natasha plopped down opposite her. “I dropped her off and figured you might be returning, so I came to wait.”

Freya eyed her with suspicion.

When Natasha had left with Ashley, Freya and Kristian were still in a precarious situation. How could Natasha have known she would make it back?

“Don’t look at me like that,” Natasha sighed. “When I left with Ashley, I saw someone rounding up Brendan’s men. That’s why I stayed. I had a feeling you’d return.”

Freya’s tone was soft but edged. “And if I hadn’t come back?” At that final, desperate moment—without Kristian’s intervention—she might not have.

Natasha didn’t flinch. “No way you wouldn’t come back. You’re my invincible mentor, remember?”

Freya said nothing.

She got up, filled two glasses with water, and handed one to Natasha before sitting down with hers.

“Well… uh…” Natasha faltered.

Freya arched a brow. “Spit it out.”

“Have you given any thought to… you know, the baby?” Natasha scratched her head, hesitant. Ever since discovering her mentor was a pretty lady, she couldn’t help but care more. “You’ve divorced Kristian. If you have the baby, what if he tries to take it from you?”

Freya blinked. “What baby?”

Natasha pointed—casually, as if it were obvious—at Freya’s belly. “That one.”

Freya was at a loss for words. There was no need to lie. And no use hiding.

Natasha mistook her silence for contemplation. “So… do you want to…”

“I’m not pregnant,” Freya said flatly. With Brendan out of the picture, she no longer needed the ruse.noveldrama

“No way!” Natasha protested, eyes wide. “Ashley told me herself—and I even checked!”

If that had been false, Brendan wouldn’t have taken the bait.

“What you found out was exactly what I wanted you to find,” Freya replied, a lesson laced in every word. “As for Ashley—after Brendan sent her to kill Kristian, she began working with me.”

Natasha stared at her, utterly stunned.

Everything she’d believed suddenly turned on its head. “But Brendan always said Ashley was the least likely to betray him…”

That was why he flew into such a rage when he discovered her phone system had been fortified by K. He couldn’t stomach her betrayal.

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