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.

turning on his heel. He didn't

open. Ashley lay propped up in bed, her face lighting up at the

an," she

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voice sweet with

an instant, fingers

look at them, and smirked. "Should I leave?

"Ms. Briggs, it's not what

hand," Freya interrupted, "and that

to the bed, studying

delicate frame, eyes

This was the

tightened around his, her

nearly rolled her eyes. The act was

the jealous wife

voice softened, a rarity. "It's

laugh was brittle. "Kristian,

audacity. Flaunting his affair in her face-did

something to Ashley that

from the bed.

How had

your phone out." Her tone was

how

paled. He never intended

from Kristian as if

winter itself. He didn't look at Freya, his hand still resting on Ashley's back. "You're here to

out her phone, tapped the video recorder, and smiled. "Funny. I thought you brought me here to

plunged into

video with a deliberate tap, then slid her phone into her purse. "What do you think

face hardened

Freya noted absently. Even fury couldn't dull the

attractive.

me?" His voice

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