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

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

my fault. Victim blaming

away from that side of

with sarcasm. "This isn't about me being in

But then he lets out a harsh laugh, cold and devoid of humor. "Jealous? Of Gabriel? You give yourself too much credit, Cass." I feel like he's

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

you have

hard, Cass. And anything between you and I

him all my inner demons,

how you feel about me? Too scared to admit it?" "This isn't about fear," his voice

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

my phone and dial Gabriel. He answers on the second

says smoothly. "How

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

voice warm. "Pick you

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

I disconnect the call.

a mistake." Viktor's face is

admit you're attracted to me. Gabriel does. Anyway, as

a storm cloud, his eyes burning. Before I can say @ anything, he grabs me by the wrist

to stand. My body melts into

and he flings me away. I'm left staring

can

in, his sharp eyes

in immediate danger. Don Alejandro