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."

going to babysit me

been kidnapped by them. You and Winona were lucky to get home alive. You trusted Mia and Gabriel then and look what

my fault. Victim blaming at

from that side of the Brennan

I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. "This isn't about me

jaw clenches, and for a moment, I think he might actually lose his shit. But then he lets out a harsh laugh, cold and

irrelevant to me," he says coolly. "Jealousy

forbid you

hard, Cass. And anything

him, my body starting to shake. I'd showed him

deal with how you feel about me? Too scared to admit it?" "This isn't about fear," his voice like steel. "It's about reality. And

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

dial Gabriel. He answers

he says smoothly.

up for dinner? I could use

says, his voice warm. "Pick you up in an

Viktor out of the corner of my eye. "Actually, give me two

I disconnect the call.

mistake." Viktor's face

my bag. “I'm running my own life. You don't have the balls to admit you're attracted to me. Gabriel does. Anyway, as if I'm attracted to you... You're an empty

by the wrist and pulls me close, his lips crashing down on mine in a kiss that' equal parts

body melts into his and

it began, and he flings me away. I'm left staring at him, breathless

proving you can be attracted to

sharp eyes flicking between

You could be in immediate danger. Don