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."

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

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

fault. Victim

should stay away from that side of the Brennan

sarcasm. "This isn't about me being in danger. This is about

his shit. But then he lets out a harsh laugh, cold and devoid of humor. "Jealous?

coolly. "Jealousy would require

forbid you

anything between you and

my body starting to shake. I'd showed him all my inner demons, my weaknesses.

what he says because it's true. "So that's it?" I say, my voice trembling with anger. "You're just... what? Too weak to deal with how you feel about me? Too scared to admit it?" "This isn't about fear," his

admit you've thought about it then? You're full of shit, Viktor. I'll do whatever I please with

dial Gabriel.

says smoothly.

say, forcing a cheerful tone. "You still up for dinner? I

his voice warm.

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

I disconnect the call.

a mistake."

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

eyes burning. Before I can say @ anything, he grabs me by the wrist and pulls me close, his lips crashing down on mine in a kiss that' equal parts fury

the ability to stand. My body melts into his and I return

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

proving you can

sharp eyes flicking between us. "Am

stepping back. "Nothing at all. But Cass has something you need to hear. You could be in immediate danger. Don Alejandro is here in the city." Gus