Freya's POV
Jasper Tristan lifted his gaze to meet mine, and for a moment, genuine surprise flickered across his features. "Freya Colby, you really have transformed completely. In just two months, it's like you've become an entirely different woman."
"Is that right? Then you should congratulate me on rising from the ashes, finally done being the naive fool who let everyone walk all over her."
The devastating chaos and relentless attacks I'd endured recently had been nothing short of a complete rebirth. I was grateful I'd survived it all, and both my personal life and career had taken dramatic new directions.
If I'd shown even the slightest weakness or remained that gullible girl, I would have been consumed by those flames long ago, never getting the chance to stand here listening to his ridiculous words.
The three Tristan family members stared at me in stunned silence.
