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This time, Kristian didn’t try to stop her.
Together, they quietly busied themselves, putting things back in order, piece by piece.
Knowing all too well how particular Kristian was about cleanliness, Freya asked where the spare bed sheets and
blanket were. After he pointed them out, she replaced the ones in the master bedroom that Alan had ruined.
By the tKristian had finished tidying the rest of the place, he looked up to see Freya still moving around, her
silhouette weaving gently through the room.
He walked over and took the blanket from her hands, his voice composed and even. “The guest room's ready. Go
wash up and get ssleep.”
He hadn't forgotten how religiously Freya stuck to her sleep schedule.
“No...” Freya began, but before the words could fully leave her lips, Kristian was already standing beside her.
His shoulder brushed lightly against hers, and she caught that familiar, crisp scent that clung to him.
Just as she moved to step away, Kristian reached out and took the blanket from her hands, starting to make the
bed himself.
Sensing the change in atmosphere, Freya shifted slightly to the side and let him finish.
She wasn’t one to get swept up in sentimentality, but right then, something about Kristian’s quiet gestures
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When he was distant, he was impossible to approach. But when he was gentle, he was impossible to resist.
With his striking features, polished manners, and athletic frame, Kristian carried himself with an air of
refinement. And that scent—clean, subtle—always seemed to sneak up on her, lodging itself somewhere
between memory and emotion. From afar, it was manageable. Up close, it left her heart skipping. It was indeed
true that desire could be dangerous.
Freya was just about to leave and break whatever moment had begun to form when Kristian called her name.
“Freya.”
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“What is it?” Her expression remained as composed as ever, untouched by the tension in the air.
“Are you and Melvin actually together?” he asked suddenly, his voice softer, touched with something almost
intimate.
Freya couldn’t explain why, but whenever Kristian spoke to her in that quiet, gentle tone, her gaze would
instinctively drift to his face, and her defenses would drop.
Just like now.
Without giving it much thought, she answered, “No.”
“That's good,” Kristian said, the corners of his lips lifting into the faintest smile.
He started to lift his hand, as if to tousle her hair, but stopped midway, remembering the distance that still
existed between them. After a second’s pause, he let his hand fall away.
Freya had already prepared herself to swat him off—she wasn’t fond of casual affection from those she wasn’t
close to—but when he stopped, it left her momentarily thrown.
People were strange that way.
When something didn’t go as expected, it somehow left a deeper impression.
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