“You know that’s not true.You know I’m only loyal to you,” she implored.
Daniel took a single step away from her, his head slowly shaking back and forth like he didn’t know who to believe.
“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me, Daniel!”I called out.“You’re really gonna believe this asshole over your wife?This piece of shit was trying to strangle her!”
“Jaden, shut your mouth,” Darren ordered sternly, making me grit my teeth in response.I couldn’t believe this bullshit.
“Daniel, please believe me,” Katherine pleaded softly.
“Why was he trying to hurt you, Katherine?Huh?What did you do to draw his attention?”Daniel asked Katherine, his voice thick with venom.“What the fuck are you even doing in this room?”
Quickly glancing around, I realized we were standing in some kind of spare office area with full bookshelves, office furniture, and a fireplace.Katherine took a step back, her shoulders hunching as she looked up at him with sheer desperation.
“I didn’t do anything wrong.I swear,” she murmured.
“Bullshit!”he roared down at her, making her flinch.And then he quickly reached for her throat, yanking her to him.“You think I’m going to let you pull this kind of shit again!?”
Oh no.
“She’s a lying little whore!I have proof!”the guard shouted from the floor as blood coated his mouth.
The glare that grew on Daniel’s face had me genuinely concerned for Katherine’s safety.
“Take him to the shed,” Daniel ordered as he glared down at Katherine, her face becoming red from how tight he was clearly squeezing.
The guards immediately seized the man, hauling him up from the floor and dragging him toward the exit, his shouts and threats completely ignored.
Daniel’s hand remained on Katherine’s throat, even as her fingers gripped at his wrist, pleading for release.
“Daniel, I swear.I would never,” she begged.
But Daniel’s face twisted into something hideous.
“Liar,” he seethed.He then released her throat and backhanded her across the face, the force of the blow knocking her to the ground.He didn’t even give her a chance to get up before he started kicking her in the stomach.
I bolted for him.
“Daniel, stop!”I shouted.But just as I was about to reach him, a steel band snaked around my middle and hauled me off the ground, forcing my back into a wall of hard muscle.
“Let me go!”I shrieked as I fought against the hold.
I could still hear Katherine’s cries as I was pulled from the room, the door slamming shut behind us.
I quickly found myself shoved up against the wall of the hallway with a very angry Darren seething down at me.His hands were braced against the walls on either side of my head, caging me in, my nose inches from his chest.
“What thefuckdid you think you were doing there?”he roared down at me, causing my body to stiffen in response.He towered over me like a dark menacing giant, and I was instantly reminded of just how fucking small I was compared to him, how pathetically insignificant.
But anger fueled my usual stupidity.
“Well, you know me,” I spat out bitterly as I scowled up at him.
Like I’d stand there and watch Daniel kick the shit out of his wife right in front of me.The anger reflected in his eyes matched mine, the tension between us thick with chaos.
“Yeah, I know just how much you love to put yourself in places you don’t belong.”
“Fuck you.A guard nearly murders your sister-in-law and the only thing you care about is what I did to help her.”
That earned me a quick slap to the face, the initial shock that he would still strike me while carrying his child suddenly dawning on me.“Watch your mouth.Katherine is not as innocent as you think she is,” he growled down at my stunned form.“It wouldn’t be the first time Daniel has caught her compromising her loyalty to her husband.”