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 wait to see

in bed, her

an," she

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voice sweet

side in an instant, fingers brushing hers in silent

strode in, took one look at them, and smirked. "Should I leave? Give you two

"Ms. Briggs, it's not what

interrupted,

closed the distance to the bed, studying Ashley

frame, eyes wide

Now she understood. This was the woman

around his, her

eyes. The

the jealous wife and give Kristian another

His voice softened, a

laugh was brittle.

audacity. Flaunting his affair in her

murmuring something to Ashley that made

snapped. "Gerard," she called, not turning from the bed. "How long will you lurk

had she

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

how Shaw Group's

paled. He never intended to

recoiling from

Freya, his hand still

and smiled. "Funny. I thought you brought me here to

plunged

a deliberate tap, then slid her phone into her purse. "What do

face hardened into

couldn't dull the sharp lines of

attractive.

threatening me?" His voice was

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