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Watching the tension simmer like a pot on the verge of boiling over, Ethel quietly sat down nearby, choosing the
role of silent spectator rather than stepping into the storm.
This wasn’t a scene meant for interruption. It was theater—messy, unscripted, and charged.
“Freya,” Kristian called her nagain, his voice a strange cocktail of warmth and ice. “You ought to have at
least a shred of conscience. If | end up trapped in a loveless marriage, you'll carry part of that burden.”
Freya stared at him in disbelief. “How about you try having a little self-respect first?”
“That deal we made? It’s off the table,” Kristian declared, as if reclaiming a lost battlefield. “Instead of staying
out of your way, the new arrangement is this—you stay withuntil my grandpa finally drops the idea of
pushingto another random woman.”
The declaration seemed to offer him a moment of relief.
Lately, he'd been haunted by regret—why had he ever agreed to terms that gained him nothing? If he failed
those three challenges, would that mean losing her forever?
The thought gnawed at him, especially when images of her first love or that ever-hovering Charlie danced
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Freya's brows pinched together. Her voice clow and biting. “Keep dreaming.”
With that, she turned to leave.
But Kristian caught her arm again.
Freya wasn’t the type to be flustered by such tactics anymore. She had always been able to shake off his grip
with ease.
Yet this time, when she tried to slip free using her usual technique—she couldn't.
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She tried again. Still held fast.
A third time—and still, his hand stayed clamped like iron.
She quickly realized: there would be no easy escape today.
“You really think I let you go all those other times because | couldn't stop you?” Kristian leaned in, closing the
space between them. The sudden proximity triggered a reflex in Freya. She wanted to get away—fast.
She hated this suffocating atmosphere.
And she liked Kristian even less.
Kristian glanced at Ethel, who remained seated nearby, and turned back to Freya. “Are you going to come
quietly, or do | need to drag you?”
“Don’t push your luck,” Freya snapped, fury flickering in her eyes.
Seeing the fire in her eyes, Kristian’s expression softened—just a bit.
At least she wasn’t brushing him off like he didn’t exist.
His lips parted, the words slow and measured. “The choice is yours.”
“Sheila,” Freya called out firmly, her mind made up.
Ethel stood up at once.
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Ethel nodded and responded in a hushed voice, “Okay.”
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