At Each Other's Neck

Lucian had this murderous look on his face as he stood at the door, the room turned cold instantly and Kristen shivered. Lucian being this angry is what she can't understand. She is lying here in the hospital with a bandage on her head and her baby being in danger, instead of him rushing over to her side and asking her how she is doing, he stood at the door looking so murderous.

She huffed in her mind and looked away.

Frederick said nothing but continued to watch the angry man at the door. Both men know the truth and from what he had gathered, Lucian was the one who sent the gunman to kill him, mistaking Gabby to be him. The plan was simple; shoot any man with her.

It means he was actually keeping a tag on Kristen yesterday but whoever was stalking Kristen did not give him all the information so Lucian had thought Kristen purposely ignored his calls. He just got to know late last night that the man shot wasn't Frederick but his brother and also, Kristen was hospitalized at the same hospital as Gabby. But the fact that Kristen and Frederick have been together since yesterday made his heart boil. He felt like killing Frederick right there in the hospital. He wasn't just angry but afraid too, what if Kristen remembered? That won't be good for him so because of that, he had something else planned.

Slowly but steadily, he made his way inside. The time was slowly ticking and the tension was heavy, the ward looked more like a morgue than a ward because of the dead silence. The only noise that could be heard apart from Lucian's silent footsteps was the beating of the four hearts in the room.

Kristen still didn't want to look in the direction of the footsteps, she was anything but fearful at the moment. Lucian's odd behavior doesn't scare her at all, the only thing that scares the hell out of her is the fact that she will be spending her lifetime with him.

Lucian made it to Frederick and stood in front of him, glaring at him.

"It seems you like to get entangled with other people's wives?"

Frederick huffed and Kristen rolled her mind, "this dude is a psycho."

"I did you a favor and you are labeling me what? What in heaven's name is your problem? Is there something you would like to tell us or is this you being jealous?"

Lucian blinked twice and made to say something but Frederick held out his hand indicating he was not done talking.

"You walked into the ward to see a bandage tied around your supposed wife's head and you did not attempt to ask if she is alright, all you did was accuse me of an offense you are guilty of."

Kristen turned sharply towards both men, did she hear that alright? What is Frederick trying to say?

Lucian clenched his fist and narrowed his eyes at Frederick, in a fit of what seemed like a battle of staring, his countenance changed and he looked towards Kristen who had her eyes on him.

"Hey, Baby girl, are you okay?"

He surprised everyone, especially Kristen. But still, she had doubts, that doubt has been there right from the day he introduced himself as her fiance.

"I am fine, please call mom?"

He nodded and smirked at Frederick.

Within a few minutes, Kristen was done talking to her mother whom she assured that she is okay. The next few seconds went by like that without anyone speaking a word. Finally, Lucian decided to break the ice.

"We are leaving."

"Why?"

"Because the doctor said you can leave or do you want to stay in the hospital with him?"

It wasn't a question, it was an accusation and Kristen knew that Lucian was indirectly calling her a cheat. She said nothing and struggled out of the bed, rejecting any of their help to get up.

Since she didn't want any of their help, they left her to help herself. Frederick could have done anything to help her but he didn't want to make the situation any more difficult than it is already. Lucian didn't care if she was struggling or anything. His true face was beginning to show and Kristen could see it.

She saw where her dress was kept, picked it up, and leaped towards the bathroom.

The closing door came with a heavy silence as both men stared at themselves.

"There is no need beating around the bush, you and I know that Kristen has been told a lie which she believed and I can swear to you she won't be recurring anything any time soon and I will make sure of that."

Frederick sighed, he never thought that Lucian could be like this. The first time he met him at the boathouse, he had thought highly of him.

What is making him do this?

Running a background check on him, Frederick found all he needed to know. It was true that his father and Kristen's late dad were friends and he also got to know there was an alliance between the two families.

He can't say for sure if Lucian loves Kristen or just has a motive behind his actions, which it seems like.

"I don't know why you are doing this but I am going to find out and when I do, I won't spare you."Frederick threatened and Lucian smirked and chuckled, "that won't happen because I won't let you find anything and for the record," he stepped closer to Frederick and whispered, "Watch your back, I don't mind sending you to hell if you stand in my way again. You are lucky but next time, I assure you the bullet won't miss."

The look of utter hatred on Frederick's face made Lucian smirk in victory and turn away from the man who was still staring daggers at him.

"Okay then, I will make sure you don't end up with Kristen if it has to be the last thing I will do and for the attempt you made on my brother's life, I will make sure you paid severely. I know how to treat men like you."

Lucian chuckled as he shook his head, "Let's see who wins the game."