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

Ashley lay propped up in bed, her

an," she

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sweet with

at her side in an instant,

and smirked. "Should I leave? Give you two some

it's not

interrupted, "and

the bed, studying Ashley properly for

eyes wide

This was

Ashley's fingers tightened around his,

her eyes. The act was

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

His voice softened, a

brittle. "Kristian,

affair in her face-did he think she'd just

ignored her, murmuring something to

not turning from the

had

tone was lethally calm. "Record your

his mistress. Let's see how Shaw Group's

never intended to

recoiling from Kristian as

look at Freya, his hand still resting on Ashley's back. "You're

phone, tapped the video recorder, and smiled. "Funny. I

plunged into

saved the video with a deliberate tap, then slid her phone into her purse. "What do you think your mother would do if she received

face hardened into

couldn't dull

attractive.

me?" His voice was

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