She Took The House The Car And My Heart novel Chapter 185

Chapter 185 You’ve Got As Good A Shot As

Shot As Anyone

Now that Kristian had laid his feelings for Freya bare, Cyril’s own feelings for her deepened, taking root before he even realized it.

When Liam strolled back after wrapping up his tasks, he spotted Cyril standing off to the side, looking thoroughly dejected. Clueless about what had gone down, Liam stepped closer and asked, “What’s with the face? You look like you just got hit by a truck.”

“Liam… Cyril’s heart was in knots.

Liam quirked a brow. “What?”

Why did Cyril look like someone who’d just gotten dumped before he even had the chance to date?

“You knew Freya was your brother’s ex–wife. Why didn’t you say anything?” Cyril asked, his voice laced with

unease.

Liam stopped in his tracks. “Who told you that?”

“Kristian,” Cyril muttered, feeling like the fairytale romance he’d been dreaming of had shattered in an instant. Liam let out a laugh, low and amused, his usual aloofness tinged with something knowing.

So Kristian had finally made his move. Typical.

Cyril’s frown deepened. “What’s so funny about that?”

“Does it really matter that she used to be Kristian’s wife?” Liam’s voice was unbothered, a slight arch in his brow. “Or is it just the fact that she’s married bothering you?”

“No! Absolutely not!” Cyril quickly threw up his hands, panicked.

He didn’t even know why, but if someone had asked him whether he could accept a divorcee, his answer would’ve been a firm no.

But now, he was open to the idea.

All he wanted was a love that felt right.

“Kristian told me Freya likes mature and steady men. Said she’s his,” Cyril admitted, sounding a little defeated. “He told me to back off now before I end up with nothing.”

“My sister–in–law’s single now,” Liam said without hesitation, stating it as plain fact. “Anyone’s free to go after her. In the end, it’s her choice. Not my brother’s.”

Those words sparked a flicker of hope in Cyril’s chest.

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But still…

“You still call her Sister–in–law?”

“Just haven’t gotten around to changing it,” Liam answered matter–of–factly.

“If you’re serious about her, go for it,” Liam added, unbothered by any potential fallout from his brother. “You’ve got as good a shot as anyone.”

At the moment, no one else had a clue about this exchange between the two of them.

Freya hadn’t expected that brushing Kristian off in the car would drive him to lay claim to any potential suitors the second he got to the hotel.

Once she returned to the hotel, she headed straight for Hugh.

The moment Hugh laid eyes on her, he hesitated, clearly holding something back, unsure if he should say it or keep quiet for her sake.

Freya walked into the room and asked casually, “Something on your mind?”

“You and Kristian…” Hugh started but couldn’t bring himself to finish.

“He asked me to go back to the Shaw estate with him to grab something,” Freya said with complete composure.

“That’s it.”

Only then did Hugh finally relax.

Freya set her phone down on the table and went to rinse her hands. Just as she disappeared into the washroom, her phone buzzed–Alan was calling.

Alan was feeling jittery.

He glanced at the screenshots Toby had sent him and asked with a touch of exasperation, “Why are you only telling me now about something this major?”

Apparently, Edwin had sent a woman to Kristian’s way–and Kristian hadn’t turned her away.

Wasn’t that just classic scumbag behavior?

Back then, Freya and Kristian were still married, weren’t they? Didn’t that count as cheating?

“I was busy and forgot,” Toby said honestly. “I only remembered when I logged into my alternate account.”

Alan was stunned into silence.

Then a thought struck him. “Wait… why were you on an alternate account in the first place?”

Toby froze, his nerves kicking in.

“You were gonna log in just to vent about me after what I said earlier, weren’t you?” Alan said flatly, pinning Toby with a stare.

Toby forced a grin, on the verge of collapse. “You’re so sharp, Mr. Briggs.”

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Alan was too furious to respond.

“You better pray Mina doesn’t get upset later,” Alan warned, still stewing. “Or you’ll just give me a reason to start on you online.”

Toby’s heart sank, but he stayed quiet.

If Alan really did that, Toby was pretty sure his future would be bleak and hopeless,

“Why isn’t Mina picking up?” Alan grumbled, calling again after the first attempt went unanswered.

Freya came back after rinsing her hands and spotted the missed call. Just as she was about to return it, the screen lit up again.

She answered, placed the phone on the table, and turned on the speaker while peeling an orange.

“Mina.”

“Yeah.”

“I just got word from Toby,” Alan began, seated in his office with the screenshots laid out in front of him. Truth be told, he was nervous. What if she couldn’t take it and broke down?

Freya popped a slice of orange in her mouth and said, “What is it?”

“What kind of man do you think Kristian is?” Alan figured he should ease her into it–it was a heavy thing to drop out of the blue.

He didn’t know the details of their divorce, but if it turned out Kristian had slept with someone else, surely Freya wouldn’t be okay with that.

As the question hung in the air, Hugh instinctively looked at Freya.

She replied without missing a beat, “A scumbag.”

Hugh and Alan couldn’t have agreed more.