Chapter 41
The pressure was pure malice.
Niamh groaned in pain, feeling the world spin from the suffocation.
“Niamh, you’re asking for death!” Castiel was truly furious.
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Since they had been together, Niamh had always lived under his protection, essentially relying him. But now, the woman he had shielded for so many years was shouting that she was being protected by another man.
Was he dead in her eyes?
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“Did I not tell you? The men of the Jamison family do not get divorced, only widowed.” He glared at the silent Niamh.
Castiel’s voice was laced with menace as he leaned close to her ear. His tone was dangerously
intense.
Niamh responded, “I already said, either you start this or you die! Right now, I’ll just consider you dead!”
Castiel was speechless.
In the confined space, the atmosphere grew even more perilously tense.
Then you can see now whether I’m dead or not.”
“Get away from me!” As Castiel’s hand reached for her bathrobe, Niamh raised her hand to slap
him.
But Castiel was prepared; he gripped her wrist tightly, restraining her.
He had always been gentle to her. Now suddenly assertive and domineering, Castiel overpowered Niamh effortlessly.
She looked at him with contempt. “I dare you!”
“Don’t forget that you’re still my wife.”
“Now you remember that I’m your wife? How have you treated me these past days? Having a husband like you is truly a curse. At my most difficult time, I still needed another man to protect
me!”
Her words were like pouring fuel on the fire. Castiel was already angry, but now, he wanted to tear Niamh apart.
None of them was willing to take a step back.
At the hospital, Macy had just removed the bandages from her eyes.
Sienna, already unhappy about Naomi’s return, was even more irritable upon seeing Macy. “You’d better be careful not to get caught.”
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“I’ve already taken care of the hospital staff,” Macy replied.
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