Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband novel Chapter 512

(Cass)

I sit on the couch at Jayden’s penthouse, picking at my nails, while Viktor stands near the window, arms crossed, eyes focused on the city below.

His broad shoulders are tense, his entire posture screaming disapproval.

I’ve just told him what I overheard in my apartment and he’s acting like I heard it on purpose.

“Say it,” I snap, breaking the silence.

He turns, his blue eyes icy. “You shouldn’t have gone there alone.”

“Tell me why you went there,” he demands, his voice a coiled spring ready to snap.

“I didn’t know they’d be there!” I snap, my frustration bubbling to the surface. “I was cleaning up, minding my own business, and then they just… showed up.”

“Does anyone else know?” he growls, his accent thickening with his anger. “Did you see anyone on the way in, or out? If he finds out…”

“No.” I fire back. “No one else was around. Stop being so dramatic.”

“You need to take this seriously,” he says, his voice sharp enough to cut glass. “Don Alejandro is one of the most dangerous men in the world. If he had known you were there—if he ever finds out—you’re dead.”

I freeze, his words slamming into me. “He didn’t see me. They didn’t know I was there.”

“We can’t guarantee he won’t find out,” he says fiercely. “You don’t understand the kind of man he is.”

I push back against the fear rising in my chest. “What do you want me to do, Viktor? Hide under a rock for the rest of my life?”

“I want you to stop taking reckless risks,” he says, his voice dropping to a dangerously low rumble. “You don’t go anywhere without me screening it first.”

I glare at him. “You’re not going to babysit me again. No way.”

“You’ve been kidnapped by them. You and Winona were lucky to get home alive. You trusted Mia and Gabriel then and look what happened.”

“So now it’s my fault. Victim blaming at its best.”

“You should stay away from that side of the Brennan family.”

“Oh, so this is about Gabriel,” I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. “This isn’t about me being in danger. This is about you being jealous.”

Viktor’s jaw clenches, and for a moment, I think he might actually lose his shit. But then he lets out a harsh laugh, cold and devoid of humor. “Jealous? Of Gabriel? You give yourself too much credit, Cass.”

I feel like he’s slapped me. “Excuse me?”

“Gabriel is irrelevant to me,” he says coolly. “Jealousy would require us to have a personal relationship.”

“God forbid you have feelings.”

“Relationships shouldn’t be hard, Cass. And anything between you and I is always hard.”

I stare at him, my body starting to shake. I’d showed him all my inner demons, my weaknesses. He’s acting like I’m the plague.

I shouldn’t care what he says because it’s true. “So that’s it?” I say, my voice trembling with anger. “You’re just… what? Too weak to deal with how you feel about me? Too scared to admit it?”

“This isn’t about fear,” his voice like steel. “It’s about reality. And the reality is, we don’t work. We never will.”

The anger bubbles over, and before I can stop myself, I say, “so you admit you’ve thought about it then? You’re full of shit, Viktor. I’ll do whatever I please with whoever I want. Fuck you!”

I grab my phone and dial Gabriel. He answers on the second ring.