Fraser’s face darkened, his voice ice-cold and terrifying. “A minor incident? You got kidnapped and thrown off a damn cliff, and you call that a minor incident?”

Summer froze at Fraser’s frigid words. Even if she was slow to catch on, she could still feel the anger radiating from him.

“Why are you so mad? Just because I didn’t tell you I was kidnapped?”

Fraser’s dark eyes locked onto hers, unreadable yet piercing. “Is that all I am to you? Someone so insignificant I don’t even deserve to know?” So insignificant that even when you were hurt, I never crossed your mind.

Summer clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palm. Yes, her phone had been broken, and Julia sent someone to deliver a new one the next day. So why didn’t she tell him? Because it wasn’t necessary. She didn’t even know if he was back. She didn’t know if another woman’s voice would answer on the other end. Besides, their relationship was already coming to an end. There was no point in saying anything.

But Summer’s eyes still burned, her chest still tightened with frustration, and a mist of tears welled up at the corners of her eyes. She sniffed and forced herself to sound calm. “I never said that. If you’re just here to argue, come back another day. I’m not in the mood.”

Had she thought he came to argue? The moment he heard she had been kidnapped and thrown off a cliff, he felt panic like never before. He’d rushed to the hospital without a second thought. Even when Trevor, that little punk, had been the one to save her, the only thing that had mattered to him was that she was alive. And yet, this woman thought he was here to argue…

A sharp pain tightened in Fraser’s chest. He wanted to shake some sense into her, but damn, he felt like a fool. His gaze bore into hers for a long moment, his dark eyes unreadable. Without a word, he turned and walked towards the door.

Just as he reached the doorway, a soft cough came from behind him. His footsteps halted. His jaw clenched. His fingers curled into a tight fist, veins visible beneath his skin. And in the very next second—

Under Fraser’s intense gaze, the young nurse’s normally steady hands trembled, despite her experience. Under immense pressure, she finally managed to insert the IV needle properly. The moment they stepped out of the room, she let out a shaky breath, realizing she was covered in a cold sweat.

“That was intense. I swear, if I messed up, that guy would’ve had my nursing license revoked on the spot.”

The other nurse giggled. “Did you see the way he looked at Ms. Stewart? His eyes were locked on her like she was the only person in the world.”