Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

457 Unbelievable News

(Cass)

I jolt awake to the sound of the front door slamming open. Damn I must have dozed off on the sofa. What the fuck?! Flashbacks of being kidnapped hit me and panic rises. Have they found me?

My heart leaps into my throat, and I grab the closest thing to me-a lamp. My brain is too groggy to process anything logical. I'm not going without a fight this time. Although I'm not drugged either. "Who the hell-"

"It's me," Viktor's voice cuts through the darkness, calm and even.

I lower the lamp, scowling as I flip on the bedside light. "What the actual fuck, Viktor? You don't knock? You just break into people's homes now?"

He stands in the doorway of the living room, completely unbothered, his broad frame blocking most of the light from the hall. "It's urgent. Get up. Now."

I blink, still half-asleep. "Excuse me? What gives you the right to barge in here like "

"Cass," he interrupts, his tone clipped. "This isn't about you. There's been a shooting in London. Lance and Judy are involved."

The words hit me like a freight train. "What? What do you mean involved?"

He doesn't answer immediately, just stares at me with that cold, unreadable expression. "Get dressed. Grab a bag. The helicopter will be here in ten minutes." "You can't just "

"I can and I am," he says, his voice leaving no room for argument. "Jayden needs us. He's on his way to the scene now, and I can't leave you here alone."

I stare at him, my stomach twisting into knots. "You're serious."

"Dead serious," he replies, his words heavy.

My hands shake as I shove my feet into socks and

have all the details yet," Viktor says, his voice slightly softer.

He was like a brother to me when I first moved to the States. He

well, Judy was Judy. Complicated as hell. But this? I

fucking God! "Lance took her out for Jayden

grab my bag. "The

out for me like

me into this?" I ask as we make our way to the landing

Jayden will need all

get," Viktor says matter-of-factly. "And because I'm not leaving you here alone when there's still a risk your

at him. "I'm not some liability, Viktor.

doesn't look at me, his gaze fixed ahead. "Moving on doesn't erase the past.

frustration bubbling under my skin.

it," he replies, his tone

the helicopter blades cuts through the silence as we reach the pad. The wind whips around

the sinking feeling in my gut. Jayden may have just lost his mother and his best friend. Viktor straps in across

I blurt out, the words escaping before

flicks to mine, his face unreadable. "Care

wildly. "Lance, Judy, Jayden. Do

narrow slightly,

to the bait. "I care

And my

his

or I,

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