Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1184

He hadn't suspected a thing. He had practically sprinted there.

It wasn't until he heard the unmistakable, breathless sounds slipping from the bathroom that reality crashed over him. He had been set up.

He didn't take another step forward. Silently, he backed out of the suite and clicked the door shut. As he turned away, the expression on his face turned deadly.

Jude Wilder came sprinting down the hall, looking surprised when he nearly collided with Dylan. "Dylan? What are you doing here?"

"Just passing by," Dylan said, his voice absolute ice.

Jude didn't have the time to question it. He was too frantic to find Seth. Twenty minutes ago, Seth had called saying he'd been drugged and needed to be rushed to the hospital immediately.

Jude had broken every speed limit to get here.

His hand had just grasped the doorknob when Dylan spoke again. "You really don't want to go in there right now."

Jude's hand froze.

He glanced at the dark, thunderous look on Dylan's face and instantly connected the dots.

He wanted to ask Dylan if he was okay, but Dylan had already stalked off down the corridor.

Jude could only offer three seconds of silent sympathy for the man's broken heart.

As soon as Dylan exited the hotel, he spotted Crystal Chelsea leaning against his car. She was staring right at him, her eyes practically dancing with malicious glee.

Dylan stopped in his tracks, his eyes turning dangerous. Those usually detached eyes were now pitch black, freezing like a bottomless winter lake.

He didn't say a word. He just stared at her, his jaw tightening incrementally.

Once Crystal felt she had enjoyed the silence long enough, she drawled, "Are you finally going to give up on her?"

Dylan looked at her, his gaze carrying the crushing weight of a midnight storm.

"Crystal, I warned you. Don't ever touch her again."

His glare was so venomous, so incredibly foreign, that Crystal shivered. This was the man she had been married to for four years. Yet in that moment, she realized she had never truly known him at all.

That terrifying realization made her blood run cold.

Dylan walked right past her, got into his car, and sped away.

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