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.

bed, her face lighting up at the sight

an," she

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voice sweet

at her side in an instant,

them, and

not what you think!

Freya interrupted, "and that lie might actually

to the bed,

delicate frame, eyes wide with practiced

she understood. This was

Ashley's fingers tightened around his, her

nearly rolled her eyes.

play the jealous wife and give Kristian

His voice softened, a

laugh was brittle. "Kristian, I'm right

her face-did he think she'd just

murmuring something to Ashley that made

turning from the bed. "How long will you

stiffened. How had she even noticed

was lethally calm. "Record your boss

how Shaw Group's shareholders enjoy the

intended

recoiling from Kristian as if

Kristian's voice was winter itself. He didn't look at Freya, his hand still resting on

"Funny. I thought you brought me here to witness your

room plunged

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

hardened

handsome, Freya noted absently. Even fury couldn't dull the sharp

attractive.

threatening me?" His voice was

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