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.

his heel. He didn't wait to

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

an," she

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voice sweet with

her side in an instant, fingers brushing hers

one look at them, and smirked. "Should

not what you think!

his hand," Freya interrupted, "and that lie might

the bed, studying Ashley properly for the first

eyes wide

This

Ashley's fingers tightened around his, her lower

nearly rolled her eyes.

play the jealous wife

grip as fear. His voice softened, a rarity.

laugh was brittle.

Flaunting his affair in her face-did he think

ignored her, murmuring something to Ashley that made her

not turning from the

stiffened. How had she even

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

how Shaw

intended to be

gasped, recoiling from Kristian as

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

tapped the video recorder, and smiled. "Funny. I thought you brought me here to witness your cheating

room plunged into

her purse. "What do you think

face hardened

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

attractive.

threatening me?" His

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