NovelEnglishLeftWith Walls, Wheels, and Wounds 267
Chapter 267 Insulting Lawrence To His Face
Kristian waved Lawrence off with a dismissive gesture, silently telling him to move aside, then turned to Freya.
"You should go on ahead. | have a few things | need to settle with him."
"He's nothing but trouble," Freya warned, her eyes narrowing.
Lawrence gave a dry chuckle, slipping one hand into his pocket. "Ms. Briggs, isn't
it a tad impolite to badmouth someone right to their face?"
Freya met his smirk with a cool stare. "And isn't it worse to kick someone when they're already down?"
Lawrence quirked a brow, genuinely intrigued by Freya, who seemed to speak as though she knew him.
"Have we met before?"
"No. We haven't." She had no intention of engaging with him any further.
There was no need to reveal her true identity as K.
"Then why the hostility?" His voice lingered in the air. "Didn't | just save your life?”
Freya didn't respond.
As much as she loathed the idea, he wasn't wrong.
"You think you saved her life?" Kristian suddenly cut in.
Lawrence kept up his easy smile, though he rolled his eyes at Kristian inwardly.
"| was wrong. It was he who saved her."
"You should head back, Freya," Kristian said. A sudden wave of dizziness overtook him, his vision beginning to
blur, a sharp ringing rising in his ears. "I'll reach out once I'm better. He still needs a favor from me-he won't just
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He nudged Lawrence with his elbow.
Though uncertain of Kristian's angle, Lawrence still played along. "He's telling the truth."
"You're really not coming with me?”
"I've got other things to handle." In that moment, Freya caught the distance in Kristian's gaze.
She wanted to drag him into the car herself, take him to the hospital, but given everything between !! she
knew she couldn't force it.
He was adamant, and she couldn't push further.
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Ellis felt a bit of tension ease from his chest.
He knew Lawrence. If he said he'd handle it, it meant Kristian was in capable hands
"Good." Ellis gave a nod, his posture relaxing. "Get in the car."
"Okay."
Once inside, Freya asked if Ellis had been injured. After he assured her he hadn't, she let out a soft breath of
relief.
The car headed towards Alerith.
It would take five to six hours to get there by road from Butterfly Island. With no
nearby airport or high-speed rail, the highway was the fastest option.
Almost as soon as she sat down, an unshakable sense of unease crept in, intensifying as the miles passed
Ellis caught the shift in her expression. "Something wrong?"
"No," Freya said, inhaling deeply and forcing herself to refocus.
"The situation on Butterfly Island has been handled. Brendan and his men have been captured," Ellis said,
thinking she might be worried about that. "The bombs on the island and on the ship-those switches were
destroyed. They'll find all of them."
"Good," she said, though her tone remained quiet.
She didn't ask how he knew about the bombs.
Their organization had state-of-the-art drones capable of micro-terrain scanning. It would've taken mere
minutes to uncover any hidden explosives.
"Freya."
"Yeah?"
"Were you scared?" Ellis glanced at her while keeping his eyes on the road.
Given her past, fear didn't seem like something that would touch her easily. But something was clearly off.
Freya realized she wasn't acting like herself and shook her head. "Not scared. Just wondering what kind of deal
Kristian struck with Lawrence. A guy like that doesn't offer help without getting something big in return."
She remembered that the reinforcements Lawrence brought were nearly equal in number to Ellis's.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWithout both sides, things wouldn't have ended so cleanly.
"We'll look into it once we're back," Ellis replied, worried about her state. "You
should try to get srest. I'll
wake you when we're close."
She wanted to refuse, but after two sleepless days, her body was giving in. The tension began to fade, and
exhaustion took over.
"Alright," she murmured, finally closing her eyes.
Throughout the five to six-hour drive, Ellis focused on the road.
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