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I gape at Soren as his hands connect with his father's neck, shoving him into the wall.

"You really to threaten my wife to have a child with me after everything you've put her through? Then you're gonna rape her if she doesn't have one with me within two years? Are you fucking serious? How about I just end you now? Get this shit over with, and end your miserable life."

Luca lets out a dark chuckle, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

I push through the crowd and lay a hand on Soren. "Soren. Let's go."

I try to coax him away, as Luca's people have guns pointed at him. "Please. Soren, please. Let's just go. It's not worth it."

Soren cocks his head to the side to examine me from the corner of his eye. His grip on Luca's neck tightens to the point where Luca lets out a couple of choked noises, then releases him.

"Freya, let's go. I'm fucking done with everyone here." Soren's voice is shaky from the adrenaline.

As fucking psychotic as he is right now, he just threatened to take his own father's life in exchange for mine. To keep me safe. He holds his hand out for me to take, which I do. I follow him step by step right alongside him. In the corner of my eye, Serena and Abe wait in the hall by the front door.

Tears cascade down Serena's face. "Is that what they were in there for?"

I nod softly my mouth turning down at her tears. This day wasn't supposed to end like this.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. But Soren will keep you safe. I know he will. I love you, Freya. Abe and I both love you. Please take care of yourself. Enjoy your honeymoon." She pulls me in for one of her signature bear hugs.

"Honeymoon?" I question, looking to Soren.

"It was supposed to be a surprise," He grumbles, glaring at Serena.

Serena gives him a cheeky smile. "Now, go before this turns into a bigger clusterfuck."

"Soren!" Luca roars from the main area, finally coming back enough to come after his son.

"Freya, let's go." Soren is pushing me to the front door, and to a car, I don't recognize. He opens the passenger door, ignoring all the berating he's getting from Luca. With the door slamming shut, he flips off Luca the entire way to the driver's side. He climbs into the driver's side and takes off the moment his door is shut.

"Soren?"

"Hm?" He's a lot calmer now, as he drives further and further away from the depths of hell.

"Thank you."

He grabs my hand, pressing a kiss to my knuckles, "I told you I'd do anything for you. The only reason Luca is alive is because I didn't want you to see that. Otherwise, he'd be a dead man." He lets out a sigh, "How do you like the car?"

I wiggle a bit in my seat, sinking in a little further. "It's really nice. It's actually a dream car of mine."

"I know. That's why I bought it for you as a wedding gift." Soren grins looking at me quickly before turning back to the road. "The honeymoon was supposed to be a surprise as well, but I'm still not telling you where we are going."

Chapter thirteen

Freya

Whenwearriveatthe airport, I jolt suddenly, “Oh fuck. I don’t have a bag packed.”

Soren grins, “Don’t worry, I had your sister take care of it. Plus, we will probably do some shopping on this trip.”

I ease back into the seat, still nervous, but now it was simply about what my little sister had packed. She definitely packed some lingerie. Lord knows she probably did since she’s got a seriously lustful lifestyle. If a relationship isn’t founded on fucking, she doesn’t want it. Her relationship with Abe was probably the only one that didn’t start with banging; they were connected before they ever decided to sleep together.

Soren finally makes it to the private jet he owns. Airport employees around us grab our luggage.

“How long are we going to be gone?” I turn to Soren.

Soren is looking at his phone, his hand no longer on my thigh. His gaze meets mine, “I haven’t decided yet. It might be a day, might be three weeks. We’ll see how it goes.”

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