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.

he muttered, turning on his heel.

up in bed, her face lighting up

an," she

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sweet

at her side in an

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

flinched. "Ms. Briggs, it's not what you

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

to the bed, studying Ashley

frame, eyes

she understood. This was the woman Kristian

tightened around his, her lower lip

rolled her eyes.

play the jealous wife and

voice softened,

brittle.

audacity. Flaunting his affair in her face-did he think

her, murmuring something to

called, not turning from the bed. "How long will you lurk by the

had she even

tone was lethally calm. "Record

see how Shaw Group's shareholders enjoy the

He never intended to be pulled into

from Kristian

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

smiled. "Funny. I thought you

room plunged into

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

face hardened

noted absently. Even fury couldn't dull the sharp lines of his jaw-the man was

attractive.

me?" His voice was

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