Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

512 The Danger I’m In

(Cass)

I sit on the couch at Jayden's penthouse, picking at my nails, while Viktor stands near the window, arms crossed, eyes focused on the city below.

His broad shoulders are tense, his entire posture screaming disapproval.

I've just told him what I overheard in my apartment and he's acting like I heard it on purpose.

"Say it," I snap, breaking the silence.

He turns, his blue eyes icy. "You shouldn't have gone there alone."

"Tell me why you went there," he demands, his voice a coiled spring ready to snap.

"I didn't know they'd be there!" I snap, my frustration bubbling to the surface. "I was cleaning up, minding my own business, and then they just... showed up."

"Does anyone else know?" he growls, his accent thickening with his anger. "Did you see anyone on the way in, or out? If he finds out..."

"No." I fire back. "No one else was around. Stop being so dramatic."

"You need to take this seriously," he says, his voice sharp enough to cut glass. "Don Alejandro is one of the most dangerous men in the world. If he had known you were there if he ever finds out-you're dead." I freeze, his words slamming into me. "He didn't see me. They didn't know I was there."

"We can't guarantee he won't find out," he says fiercely. "You don't understand the kind of man he is."

I push back against the fear rising in my chest. "What do you want me to do, Viktor? Hide under a rock for the rest of my life?"

"I want you to stop taking reckless risks," he says, his voice dropping to a dangerously low rumble. "You don't go anywhere without me screening it first."

not going

by them. You and Winona were lucky to get home

now it's my fault. Victim blaming at its

that side

this is about Gabriel," I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

I think he might actually lose his shit. But then he lets out a harsh laugh,

me," he says coolly. "Jealousy would require us to have a

forbid you

be hard, Cass. And anything between you and I is always

my body starting to shake. I'd showed him all my inner demons, my weaknesses. He's acting like I'm

I say, my voice trembling with anger. "You're just... what? Too weak to deal with how you feel about

over, and before I can stop myself, I say, "so you admit you've thought about it then? You're full of shit, Viktor.

grab my phone and dial Gabriel. He answers

says smoothly. "How

tone. "You still up for dinner? I could use

his voice warm. "Pick you up in

I reply, glancing at Viktor out of the corner of my eye. "Actually, give me two hours.

I disconnect the call.

mistake." Viktor's

my bag. “I'm running my own life. You don't have the balls to admit you're attracted to

grabs me by the wrist and pulls me close, his lips crashing down on mine

stand. My body melts into his and I return

as quickly as it began, and he flings me away. I'm

you can be attracted

Gus walks in, his sharp eyes flicking between us. "Am I

Cass has something you need to hear. You could be in immediate danger. Don Alejandro is here in the city." Gus looks at me and I