NovelOnlineChapter 877: Lawrence listened, his expression darkening. "Why did you turn him away?" Freya was momentarily speechless. She didn't love Kristian. Wasn't that reason enough? "I told you his condition was fragile." Lawrence's tone grew more urgent. "With his memory loss and regression in cognition, he needs stability-zero emotional shocks." "You're right," Freya admitted quietly.
"Then why push him away?" "I don't love him. Accepting his confession would've only hurt him more." "Keep him steady for now," Lawrence instructed firmly, already mapping his next steps. "Do whatever it takes to keep things calm. I'll head overseas to retrieve the medication." "Alright," Freya said, agreeing.
"Just be sure he isn't hit with any more emotional waves," Lawrence stressed, "or we're looking at a serious downward spiral." "Got it." The call ended, and Lawrence returned the phone to Jacob.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEven though he was loath to leave, the urgency of Kristian's state left him no choice. Whether it was the promise he'd made or the responsibility he bore as his doctor, he couldn't walk away. If he didn't intervene now, Kristian might fall apart-and it'd be on him.
"Is it serious?" Jacob asked, catching the troubled look on his face.
"Yeah," Lawrence replied with a slow nod, his expression clouded. "Once I get Kristian's situation under control, I'll cback so we can sort things out between us." Kristian couldn't wait. But neither did he want to keep Jacob waiting.
Jacob didn't respond. He just took the phone and walked off toward his room.
"Jacob," Lawrence called just as he was about to shut the door, lips pressed together. "Wait forto cback and finish this." The only reply was the firm, final sound of the door clicking shut. Lawrence didn't waste another second. He immediately booked an overseas flight.
He hadn't expected Kristian's condition to deteriorate this fast, so he'd left without the research notes and medication. The original plan was for Kristian to quietly remain under Freya's watch. So where had it all gone wrong? With no flights available that night, Lawrence had no choice but to fly out the next morning. After packing, he tried calling Kristian. Kristian declined the call and shot him a message instead-one that made it painfully clear he didn't want Lawrence interfering.
Reading it, Lawrence knew things were bad-really bad. All he could do now was hope Freya wouldn't set Kristian off any further. But neither of them truly knew what might trigger him.
After his talk with Lawrence, Ellis returned to Freya. He sought her out and asked what was going on. Freya repeated what Lawrence had instructed.
"With Gerard there, it shouldn't spiral out of control," she shared her m reasoning. Ift go to him now, I might set him off. Lawrence was very clear-don't provoke him." "But if you don't go," Ellis reasoned, "won't he think you don't care at all?"
He'd been digging into Kristian's records earlier. What he found confirmed it-the Kristian now wasn't the sman. He'd even consulted experts, and they all said the sthing: memory loss didn't usually cwith a total personality switch.
Kristian's case was clearly off the charts. Freya hesitated. "I don't think that's the case."
"Considering how possessive he used to be with you, he's probably desperate for your attention now," Ettis pointed out thoughtfully, hoping to calm the storm before it worsened. "If you stay away, it might hurt more than help."
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