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."

at him. "You're not going to babysit me again.

lucky to get home alive. You trusted Mia and Gabriel then and look

fault. Victim blaming at its

that

my voice dripping with sarcasm. "This isn't about me being in danger. This is about you being

he lets out a harsh laugh, cold and devoid of humor. "Jealous? Of Gabriel? You give

coolly. "Jealousy would require us to have

you

be hard, Cass. And anything between you and

showed him all my inner demons, my weaknesses. He's acting

anger. "You're just... what? Too weak to deal with how you feel about

I can stop myself, I say, "so you admit you've thought about it then? You're full

my phone and dial Gabriel. He answers

he says smoothly. "How

cheerful tone. "You still up for dinner? I could use being spoiled for a

warm. "Pick you up in an

corner of my eye. "Actually, give me two hours. I want to make myself stunning

I disconnect the call.

making a mistake." Viktor's face

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

he grabs me by the wrist and pulls me close, his lips crashing down on mine in a kiss

My body melts

began, and he flings me away. I'm left staring at him, breathless and confused. "What the hell

can be

his sharp eyes flicking between us. "Am I

But Cass has something you need to hear. You could be in immediate danger. Don