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    "Seriously?" A glint shed in Melvin''s eyes.


    Freya gave a gentle nod. "Yes."


    "Alright then." Melvin snapped right back to his usual self, lifting the contract as he addressed her, "I went through all the paperwork during the break. Everything''s in order-ready for your signature."


    "Thanks for handling that."


    "Don''t mention it. I am your special assistant, after all."


    Freya smiled softly, a quiet warmth blooming inside her chest.


    Only then did it dawn on her why Melvin had been so prickly about her bringing on a new assistant.


    To him, it probably felt like an interloper had crashed a well-oiled duo. She found


    it natural, of course-she knew Ellis well. But Melvin didn''t, so his instinct was to put up his guard.


    At ten sharp, Ellis arrived at thepany.


    Freya had already given the


    hitch.


    receptionist a heads-up, so he was sent straight upstairs to her office without a


    He''d been expecting to see Freya-but was met with Melvin instead.


    Inside the lounge, Melvin eyed Ellis''s striking features and silently thought Ellie really looked like someone Freya would be into. His brow creased slightly, remembering Gerard''s message from yesterday. “I saw Ms. Briggs with a ridiculously handsome guy. Is that yourpetition?"


    Melvin had already told Gerard the whole heartbreak story was made up, but the guy was still convinced-and


    Melvin liked was none other than Freya.


    had cooked up the idea that the person


    "Hi, I''m Melvin Swain, Ms. Briggs''s assistant," he said, shoving the thought aside


    and keeping his tone crisp.


    "Are you Ellis Lambert?"


    "Yes," Ellis responded with ease.


    "Great. Sign here and I''ll walk you through the onboarding," Melvin said in his usual brisk, professional manner. "After that, I''ll take you to Ms. Briggs."


    "Sounds good," Ellis replied calmly.


    Melvin walked him through the whole process, which didn''t take more than ten minutes, and then they headed off to find Freya.


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    She had just wrapped up hertest task and was flipping to her next schedule item when a knock echoed from


    the door. "Come in "


    "Ms. Briggs, your friend''s here," Melvin announced as he entered, Ellis a step behind him.


    Freya froze for a moment, surprised, but quickly regained herposure and gave instructions. "Show him around and introduce him to the rest of the secretarial team."


    "Sure," Melvin replied without hesitation.


    "And you handle his assignments," Freya continued, her tone precise. "He doesn''t have much background in our field, so start him off with the basics."


    Melvin gave a nod. "Understood."


    "You can go now."


    "Alright."


    Melvin turned and led Ellis out.


    As they exited, Ellis threw Freya a look loaded with meaning, but shepletely missed it.


    Thankfully, the day zipped by, and Freya, neck-deep in tasks, managed to keep her emotions shelved for the


    time being.


    Time moved on again, and before long, Friday arrived.


    After giving Melvin the day''s assignments, Freya made her way to Briggs Group for work.


    She wasn''t expecting to run into Kristian that day.


    But since the Briggs Group was coborating with Shaw Group, Kristian had free rein toe and go-just like n could now walk into Shaw Group''s office without a fuss.


    Out in the parking lot, Freya slid into her car with Kristian taking the passenger seat beside her.


    She didn''t start the engine. Instead, she turned to him and asked calmly, "What brings you here?*


    "It''s been a month."


    "What?"


    "It''s been almost a month since Grandpa''s birthday," Kristian said, his eyes softer than usual. “You should be on your period by now, but you''re not. So... you should pretend to be pregnant."


    His words jerked Freya''s mind back to the present.


    The man who had told Ashley to keep an eye on Freya''s signs of pregnancy clearly had an agenda behind it.


    Freya''s brows pinched slightly before she replied, "I''ll tell Ashley."


    "Freya," Kristian''s Adam''s apple bobbed as he swallowed down a tangle of unspoken words.


    He felt a weight pressing down on him, dreading that Freya might see him as just another stranger.


    Even if sheshed out, he''d rather that than this cold, indifferent distance.


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    Freya met his eyes. The loneliness and confusion behind them hit her with a jolt, stopping her heart for a beat


    She pushed past the sensation and asked lightly. "What is it that you want to say?


    "I''m sorry... Kristian''s voice was rough, his hair tousled and casting shadows across his eyes, making him lookpletely wrecked


    He finally admitted what he had never wanted to face-that he regretted erything Regretted the choices he made, regretted letting Freya go, regretted not treasuring her when he had the chance.


    Freya hesitated, her gaze drifting unfocused for a second.


    She didn''t know what she was feeling, Kristian had said those words before, but they had never carried the


    same gravity.


    Before the divorce, all she''d wanted was to prove him wrong-to force him to see his mistake and regret it.


    But now, watching him crumble beneath the weight of his apology, she didn''t feel the triumph she once craved.


    Instead, she felt eerily calm. Maybe even a bit sympathetic.


    It was tragic, really, that someone as gifted as Kristian had been so utterly lost in matters of the heart. He was


    meant to be wless.


    "I''m sorry..." Kristian murmured again, his head hanging low.


    Freya nced at him. If she still loved him, this sight might have shattered her. She might''ve wrapped her arms around him, told him she''d always be there. But now, aside from that trace of pity, all she felt was detachment. Remembering the affection shown to her by Melinda, Isaac, and Lionel, Freya finally spoke, her voice light with


    release. "It''s okay, Kristian,"


    He stirred slightly at the sound.


    But before he could reply, Freya continued, "I forgive you. I forgive you for not


    believing me, for choosing to


    divorce me because of Ashley."


    What she didn''t say was that she no longer loved him.


    Maybe her heart was still too soft, afraid he might truly break. Afraid Lionel, now fragile with age, and the rest


    of the Shaw family, who had shown her nothing but kindness, would be burdened.


    Kristian sat frozen, fingers pausing mid-motion, pain twisting in his chest like a tight knot.


    He wanted to look up and speak, but the sheer weight of those words-"I forgive you"-crushed him. He couldn''t breathe through it.


    His nose stung, and before he realized it, his vision blurred.


    They sat in silence inside the car, a thick stillness wrapping around them like fog.


    Kristian''s phone buzzed again and again, but he didn''t move. He rested his head against the window, as if he


    couldn''t even hear it.


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    When it rang for the fifth time, Freya reminded him gently, "Kristian, someone''s calling you


    Kristian straightened up, his eyes still lowered, carefully hiding whatever was left of his pride


    He took out his phone and answered it.


    "Where''ve you been? Took you long enough to pick up Liam''s carefree voice rang


    through Did you forger what day it is today?"


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