Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Are You Threatening Me

Gerard stepped forward swiftly to take the keys, assuming the role of driver without hesitation."

Freya yanked the passenger door open and slid inside, her gaze fixed straight ahead-ignoring Kristian entirely.

A knot of dread tightened in Gerard's chest. What if Freya said something outrageous? The thought made his fingers clench around the wheel.

After a weighted pause, he ventured, "Mrs. Shaw, you-"

"Drive." Her reply was a blade, sharp and final.

Gerard flicked a glance at the rearview mirror. Kristian's expression gave nothing away. Swallowing hard, he

pulled out of the parking area.

Silence smothered the car like a thick fog.

The tension was unbearable. Gerard's shoulders tensed, his grip on the steering wheel turning his knuckles

white.

Neither Kristian nor Freya spoke. Both radiated a frost so deep it could've cracked the windows.

Gerard knew Kristian's moods well-but Freya? She'd been almost cheerful earlier. What the hell happened?

He bit back a sigh. Questions wouldn't help now.

In the back seat, Kristian's gaze drifted unbidden to Freya's profile. Something unfamiliar twisted in his chest

-an emotion he refused to name.

Thirty minutes later, the car halted at the hospital entrance.

Kristian seized Freya's wrist, dragging her toward the VIP ward. His grip was iron, unyielding.

She winced, her voice dripping with mockery. "At this rate, I won't be the one charged-you'll be arrested for

assault first."

He dropped her arm like it burned him. Angry red marks circled her skin.

Freya shot him a look so scathing it could've melted steel.

Guilt flickered in Kristian's chest-brief, unwelcome. It vanished the moment Ashley's bruised face flashed in

his mind.

on his heel. He

lay propped up in bed, her face lighting up at the

an," she

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sweet

side in an instant, fingers brushing

them, and smirked. "Should I leave? Give you

"Ms. Briggs, it's not what you think! We're

go of his hand," Freya interrupted, "and that

distance to the bed,

frame, eyes wide

This was

tightened around

her eyes. The act was

her, to explode-to play the jealous wife and give Kristian another reason

voice

laugh was brittle. "Kristian,

her

something to Ashley that made her

called, not turning from the bed.

How had she even

your phone out." Her tone was lethally calm. "Record your boss

mistress. Let's see how

intended to be pulled

from Kristian as

winter itself. He didn't look at Freya, his hand still resting

recorder, and smiled. "Funny. I thought

room plunged into

then slid her phone into her purse. "What do you think your

face hardened into

Even fury couldn't dull the sharp lines of his jaw-the man

attractive.

me?" His voice was dangerously

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