The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 249

MISTAKE 249

Chapter 249: To tease her

The hospital room was thick with tension as Marcus Green's piercing gaze bored into Hazel Greyson. She struggled to maintain an air of nonchalance, focusing intently on the plate of institutional cafeteria food in her lap. But she could feel the weight of his stare like a

physical force, making the hairs on the back of her neck prickle.

Even confined to a hospital bed, injured and swathed in bandages, Marcus still radiated an unmistakable aura of danger that set Hazel's nerves on edge. There was something feral, something unrestrained simmering behind those pale blue eyes that made her instincts want to recoil.

"So..." His low rumble of a voice shattered the loaded silence. "Where will we be staying after I'm discharged from this place?"

Hazel's head snapped up, her brow furrowing as she met his intense gaze across the dingy hospital room. "Excuse me?"

Marcus regarded her with an expression equal parts amusement and challenge, corners of his mouth quirking ever so slightly.

"Well, we are married, are we not?" He stated this with such casual ease, such unabashed certainty, that the words felt like a lead weight dropping into the pit of Hazel's stomach.

"We most certainly are not," she countered through a tight smile, struggling to keep her tone measured despite the growing impulse to scream at this insufferable, arrogant man.

that lingering smirk, the unflappable confidence of a man who

murmured, his voice taking on an unmistakable edge; like a lioness toying with its cornered prey. "Well in that case, I insist you move into my estate once I'm released. No more of this...quaint

audacious and utterly brazen in their audacity. Hazel felt her tenuous grip on

was swiftly venturing into unconcerned territory. Part of her had naively hoped that being bedridden in a hospital

consuming fear of the man warring against her rising fury and desire to scream back her outrage. If she opened her mouth, would she be lashing out...or inadvertently showing

all those months ago. Back then, she'd been captor...but now? She was the one metaphorically chained, at Marcus's mercy whether she wanted

tried to keep a

enjoyed teasing her He had seen pictures of the carnage she unleashed at the club tonight, so he knew she had a

that she should leave now before

Hazel pushed her plate aside and surged to her feet. She had to get out of this room, away from his overpowering presence before he

something...I need to do," she bit out in clipped tones, refusing to meet Marcus's

on her heel and strode briskly toward the exit, shoulders rigid. Hazel held her breath, half expecting Marcus to call out one

thud, Hazel exhaled a shuddering breath and came face-to-face with Marcus's personal security detail looming in the hallway. The two

is to escort you home, Ms. Greyson," the one named Dutch rumbled, gesturing for

ramrod straight as defiance flared through her veins. Simmering fury bubbled beneath her skin like dragon-fire at Marcus, at these brutish lackeys of his, at the horrifyingly helpless position she inexplicably

in Marcus's domain, the new world order where he pulled the strings from

the bodyguards and let them herd her toward the awaiting caravan of black SUVS in the parking lot: As they traveled through the bustling city streets, Hazel sat in stony silence - her fists clenched so tightly atop

profanity-laced salvos found themselves scorching

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