Freya glanced at Margaret lying in the hospital bed, who was watching her intently. Without saying a word, Freya turned and walked out of the hospital room.
"What are you saying?""
Niklaus's voice came through, low and commanding. "Where are you right now?"
"At the hospital..."
Before she could explain that his mother was ill, Niklaus cut her off harshly. "Freya, if you're going to make up excuses, at least make them believable. Yesterday you were desperate to divorce me, and today you're supposedly too sick to get out of bed? Or is this just another one of your games to make me suffer?
Freya knew she didn't have the best reputation in Niklaus's eyes, but she hadn't realized it was this bad. He cut her off before she could finish, already accusing her.
Freya swallowed t
