Chapter 249: To tease her

The hospital room was thick with tension as Marcus Green's piercing gaze bored into Hazel Greyson. She struggled to maintain an air of nonchalance, focusing intently on the plate of institutional cafeteria food in her lap. But she could feel the weight of his stare like a physical force, making the hairs on the back of her neck prickle. Even confined to a hospital bed, injured and swathed in bandages, Marcus still radiated an unmistakable aura of danger that set Hazel's nerves on edge. There was something feral, something unrestrained simmering behind those pale blue eyes that made her instincts want to recoil. "So..." His low rumble of a voice shattered the loaded silence. "Where will we be staying after I'm discharged from this place?" Hazel's head snapped up, her brow furrowing as she met his intense gaze across the dingy hospital room. "Excuse me?" Marcus regarded her with an expression equal parts amusement and challenge, corners of his mouth quirking ever so slightly. "Well