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That ball that’s been sitting inhotter at each word he has spoken, is starting to uncoil, spreading a wrath like no other to have spread throughout my body My woman is out with anotherrabbing his duffel off the floor, his eyes questioning the uely hear hiets ho elevator, I start running at full speed down the twenty-seven flights of stairs

The only thing I haveto Fat Jacks as quickly as I can and claiood

Chapter 11 – Chelcie

He’s still looking atatto shift his attention fro under the table…atood idea to wear the cute, new open-toed flats I’d picked up I haven’t worn them yet, and I loved the way my red-painted toes peeked out of the shoe They made me feel sexy before Now, all I want to do is find about ten pairs of socks and hide ain," he slurs

I wouldn’t have been able to stop the gag that caun pointed to

"Let me touch them," he wheezes, and before I can stop him, he has my ankle in his hands, my foot in his lap, andtoe

The burger I had so lovingly devoured not even tento cause a scene, I squeeze my eyes closed and pray that I will just die on spot

"Get your fucking hands off my woman"

My eyes snap open at the venooddaer in his threat causes me to shiver, and his hand is iers curl and flex against hts ofas she is here as my date, I think it’s safe to say that she isn’t your wooddaers and break each one Then, when I’ elbows And if I feel like being nice, I ht leave your arms at that She Is Mine"

I try to rehtly aroundme to whimper from the pain Neither one of them notices, but as the tension clihter and tighter

Asher’s hand is still holding me at the base of -of-war et even firainst le with the loss of blood flow, and just when I thought his hold couldn’t get any

The raw cry that escapestheir eyes in my direction Phil takesout his chest Asher coers up the side ofmy cheek in his palm His eyes look into er in those beautiful blue eyes His gaze travels down my body until he sees the cause of er in his observation He never breaks his stare I see his other hand move in my peripheral, but I don’t dare break the connection to hi is dropped Asher doesn’t waste a second After pulling out his wallet, he throws a few bills down then scoops me up in his arms and marches out the doors I duckhis war safe

Safe and protected

He doesn’t say anything Walking with a steadfast determination to his Jeep, he unlocks the door with ease then setsover to his side

And just like that, we’re taking off towards the apartment at a speed that matches the rapid beats of e that has fully consu a red haze clouding h those doors and saw that motherfucker’s hands on Chelcie, I believed ive a fuck that I had witnesses surroundingthat I claim what is mine--that I tear that piece of shit to pieces for even breathing her air

He’s lucky the only thing I did was snap his wrist to get him to remove his hold on her body That still didn’t satisfy the pri to be set free It’s the saet when I think about what happened to Coop That need to wrong a right, to claies of Chelcie, her eyes closed and his fingers touching her feet, boain, and I swerveoff onto the shoulder of the highway, I rip offthe door with enough force to rock the whole vehicle

I’ every instinct in my system to turn the car around and kill I’m at ith myself and I am too out of control to correct it I need to claim, to mark, and to prove that she is mine

I pace back and forth in short successions before stopping inher anger, but when I look back and see her curled forith her shoulders shaking violently, I immediately rush back to the Jeep This time, I bypass my door and jerk hers open She shoots up and hiccups a sob before cru to No, she lunges forward, al out of the Jeep, and wraps her arhtly, Iout the side of the Jeep I push thehs She is around my hips and all but crawls insideth I have in ainst ainstmy hands down her back and press my lips to her head The feel of her body and the s cohto help ease the need I feel to claim