When Love Finds Its Way Back (Cassienne and Dreston) novel Chapter 297

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Chaos swallowed the front of the hospital within seconds. The sharp sound of screaming cut through the morning air as doctors, nurses, security personnel, and frightened visitors rushed toward the road where Tina Ackley lay motionless on the cold pavement. Blood spread beneath her broken body in a dark, horrifying pool that glistened under the sunlight. The sight alone was enough to turn stomachs and freeze people in place.

Several bodyguards immediately sprang into action, forming a protective perimeter while Steve barked sharp, precise instructions into his communication device without a single pause.

“Seal the entrance!”

“Get the traffic cameras now!”

“Call the emergency response immediately!”

“No civilians close to the scene–move them back!”

Everything became noise. Movement. Panic.

But inside the armored vehicle, the world around Cassienne Rhodes suddenly felt distant and muted, as though someone had wrapped the entire scene in thick glass. Her eyes remained fixed outside the tinted window, locked on Tina’s crumpled form, on the spreading blood, and on the terrifying image that kept replaying over and over inside her head.

The car had hit her intentionally.

Cassienne saw it.

Everyone who had seen it knew it.

Her breathing became uneven, shallow gasps that made her chest rise and fall too quickly.

Unconsciously, her hand moved protectively over the gentle swell of her abdomen, cradling their unborn child as if she could shield the baby from the violence unfolding just feet away.

Beside her, Dreston Tremont noticed. The color had drained completely from her face, leaving her looking fragile in a way that twisted something deep inside his chest.

“Cass,” he said, voice low and urgent.

Cassienne blinked slowly, as though returning from somewhere far away. “I saw everything,” she whispered, her voice barely audible over the chaos outside.

Dreston’s jaw tightened instantly, a muscle ticking in his cheek as fury and fear warred inside him.

Outside the vehicle, paramedics were already lifting Tina’s limp body carefully onto a stretcher, their movements fast and practiced while police sirens wailed louder in the distance, growing closer by the second. Everything looked violent. Chaotic. Extremely dangerous.

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And suddenly, Dreston no longer sees anyone else, the police, or the media crews already gathering like vultures near the hospital entrance. His entire focus narrowed to one thing only–Cassienne and their

baby.

He turned toward her fully, cupping her face with both hands so she had no choice but to look at him.”

Look at me.”

Cassienne finally did. And the moment he saw the raw fear swimming in her beautiful eyes, something

cold and lethal settled dangerously inside him.

“She’ll survive,” he said firmly. Not because he knew it for certain, but because he needed Cassienne calm and steady.

Cassienne swallowed hard, her throat working visibly. “That car hit her on purpose.”

“I know.”

Her fingers trembled slightly against her lap. Dreston immediately took both of her hands into his, enveloping them in his warmth–steady, protective, grounding.

“You’re shaking,” he murmured.

Cassienne tried pulling herself together, forcing a weak smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “I’m fine.”

“No,” Dreston said quietly but with absolute conviction. “You’re not.”

For a brief second, neither of them spoke. Outside, the chaos only continued to grow. Reporters had already started arriving near the hospital entrance, cameras flashing wildly while more security personnel pushed curious civilians backward to create a wider perimeter.

Dreston looked outside once, assessing the escalating situation with cold calculation. Then he immediately made a decision.

He opened the car door and stepped out. Steve approached almost instantly. “Sir-”

“How long until we have a surgery update?”

“They just took her into the operating room.”

Dreston nodded once before turning back toward the vehicle. Cassienne was already trying to step out

behind him.

Immediately, his expression darkened. “What are you doing?”

Cassienne frowned softly. “I’m coming inside.”

“No.”

The answer came too quickly. Too firmly.

Cassienne blinked in surprise. “Dreston-”

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“You’re going home.”

“I’m not leaving right now.”

Her voice remained calm, but Dreston could already hear the complex swirl of emotion sitting just underneath it–guilt, shock, and stubborn compassion.

“She was trying to warn us,” Cassienne added quietly.

“And someone just tried to kill her,” Dreston snapped sharply. His voice lowered immediately afterward as he realized how harsh he sounded. He stepped closer toward her and crouched slightly beside the open car door so they were eye–level.

“Cass,” he said more gently this time, his tone rough with barely contained fear. “Listen to me.”

Cassienne looked at him quietly, searching his face.

“You’re pregnant.” His hand rested carefully against hers, thumb brushing soothing circles over her knuckles. “And right now, I need you away from this chaos. I need you and our baby safe.”

Cassienne looked back toward the hospital entrance again, toward the emergency room doors Tina had disappeared through moments earlier. “She looked terrified, DT.”

Dreston saw the guilt already forming inside her. That was who Cassienne was. Even after everything Tina had done, even after the betrayal and the public attacks, she still cared. But Dreston could not afford emotions right now. Not when danger had just escalated this violently and publicly.

“I know,” he said quietly. Then more firmly: “But you are my priority. Always.”

Cassienne closed her eyes briefly. Exhaustion finally settled visibly into her face, deepening the faint shadows beneath her eyes.

Dreston immediately softened again. He reached forward carefully and brushed her hair away from her face with infinite tenderness. “You need rest. Please.”

“I’m not weak,” she whispered.

His expression changed instantly at those words–almost offended. “I never said you were. Not for a single second.”

Cassienne looked at him silently.

Dreston exhaled slowly before speaking again, his voice low and raw. “You are carrying our child, Cassienne. Do you honestly think I’m going to let you stand around crime scenes and blood while people are trying to kill someone right in front of a hospital? I can’t lose you. I won’t.”

That finally silenced her.

Because beneath his frustration and commanding tone, she could hear it clearly now–deep, visceral fear. Real fear for her and their baby.

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And suddenly, her own heart softened immediately.

Dreston rarely lost control emotionally. But today? He looked one step away from becoming something truly dangerous.

Slowly, Cassienne nodded. “Okay.”

The tension in Dreston’s shoulders eased slightly for the first time since the accident happened. Relief flickered across his face, brief but genuine.

Then he turned sharply. “Steve.”

Steve stepped forward immediately. “Yes, sir.”

What happened next stunned almost everyone nearby.

Dreston suddenly grabbed Steve by the collar of his suit sharply and pulled him closer. The movement was so fast and powerful that several guards immediately froze in place, hands hovering near their

weapons.

Dreston’s eyes looked terrifyingly cold now–protective, possessive, and unstable from the flood of adrenaline still coursing through him. “Protect my wife by all means necessary.”

The air outside the emergency wing became strangely quiet for a second. Even Steve looked briefly startled by the intensity.

Then immediately, his expression hardened into absolute seriousness and loyalty. “With my life, sir.”

Dreston held his stare for another long second before finally releasing him. “Good.”

Cassienne stared at her husband in disbelief from inside the vehicle. Part of her wanted to scold him for the aggressive display. The other part?

The other part understood exactly why Steve now looked ready to fight an entire war.

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