NovelGoldChapter 535:
“Please don’t look atlike that,” Gerard pleaded, realizing how his earlier words might've sounded. “Seriously,
nothing is going on betweenand Melvin! We're just good buddies, that’s all.”
Freya's gaze shifted ever so slightly, a subtle flicker that spoke volumes.
“Just good buddies?”
Gerard caught the silent message in her eyes, and his grin wavered. “You don't believe that?”
“If it really was just friendship, then why did you tellhe hit a rough patch in his relationship?” Freya asked,
her confidence finally beginning to crack. “And why did you tellto lighten his workload... even suggested
you'd compensate him?”
Most telling of all—when she had asked if he was the reason behind Melvin’s problem, Gerard had fallen
completely silent.
“Because...” Gerard glanced in Kristian’s direction.
Admitting Melvin had feelings for Freya now felt like stabbing Kristian in the back, didn’t it?
Besides, Melvin had called it a secret crush. If Gerard blurted the truth in front of Freya, Melvin would absolutely
hold it against him later.
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Freya followed the direction of his gaze, her brows knitting together. “Why are you looking at him?”
“I gave Melvin my word I'd keep it private,” Gerard replied quickly, scrambling for a way out. “I can't tell you.”
Even though Melvin had confessed that the story was fabricated to dig for information, Gerard couldn't shake the
feeling that something didn’t sit right.
Melvin wasn't the type to dangle his emotions like bait—not even to fish for answers.
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Freya's stare turned sharper, narrowing slightly as she studied Gerard. Trying to rescue his own name, Gerard
made one more attempt. “Look, all you need to know is that Melvin and I are just good friends—nothing more.”
Freya responded with a noncommittal, “Hmm.”
Kristian, who had been silently observing the entire exchange, locked eyes with Freya. That face—he had seen it
in his dreams countless times. And now, here she was, right in front of him.
“What happened tonight?”
“Why were you even there?” Freya shot back instead of answering. Given how that mastermind usually operated
with surgical precision, such a blunder seemed completely out of character.
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Kristian pressed his lips into a thin,
tight line. He couldn't possibly
confess he'd been investigating
Melvin and had gan (Rre060df fear
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that, Freya would definitely demand
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know Melvin was in Room 23097?”
The second he said it, Freya's entire demeanor shifted—her guard shot right up.
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