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 see

lay propped up in bed, her face

an," she

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sweet

an instant,

them, and smirked. "Should I

it's not what you think!

hand," Freya interrupted, "and that

the bed, studying Ashley properly for the

frame, eyes

This was the

tightened around his, her lower

rolled her eyes.

jealous wife and give Kristian another reason

His voice softened, a rarity.

laugh was brittle. "Kristian, I'm right

Flaunting his affair in her face-did he think

murmuring something to

turning from the bed.

had she

Her tone was lethally calm. "Record your boss cozying

his mistress. Let's see how

He never intended to

from Kristian

He didn't look at Freya, his hand still resting on

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

plunged into

into her purse. "What do you

hardened into

dull the sharp lines of his jaw-the man was

attractive.

His

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