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I tap one finger firmly on the table. “You yelled at me for destroying your cell phone—which I would do again by the way—and then you got angry at me for ‘snooping’ through your stuff. You conveniently ignored what I’dfoundon your cell phone and went on and on about how there should be trust in a relationship. Trust. As if you hadn’t broken my trust by screwing your ex.”
“We never screwed,” Jordan says quickly.
“I don’t believe you.”
“It’s the honest truth, Deej. All we did was text a bit.”
“And share intimate pictures?”
Red creeps up his face and stains his neck. “You were busy with school and it felt like we were getting distant—”
I’m the fool for entertaining this conversation.
I grab my purse and jump to my feet.
Jordan stops me by clamping his fingers around my wrist. “Wait. Wait. You’re right.” He bows his head. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have messed with Annaliese. I shouldn’t have picked up any of her phone calls or met her at the park…”
“Youmether?” My eyes widen.
He realizes he let that information slip and blinks rapidly. “Only so she could return some of the things I’d left at her place. That’s all.”
My nostrils flare. “Get your hands off me, Jordan.”
He holds on. “I love you, Deej. I can’t live without you. Every time I turned around, I kept hoping you were behind me, but you weren’t. Now that we’ve met again like this, I feel like it’s the universe trying to tell us something.”
“If the ‘universe’ wants me to get back with a cheater, then it probably needs a spanking. Now let me go.” I pry at his fingers, trying to rip his hand off. But it’s like I’m wearing human shackles.
“Miss Williams.”A voice that cracks like thunder echoes through the cafeteria.
A chill runs down my spine when I see Sazuki stepping into the lobby. He makes a tall, intimidating figure standing with his hands tucked into his slacks and his eyes burning into me. Behind him, the afternoon sunlight brushes a halo of flames around his body. It makes his watch gleam and his skin look deep and tan.
Sazuki says nothing else, but when his eyes drop to the hand Jordan has around me, my ex releases me at once.
I’m not surprised.
Sazuki radiates absolute power.
Emperor of his territory, looking out over all that he owns.
I can’t explain why it makes me angry rather than grateful.
Why it sends my temperature spiking in my veins.
Maybe it’s because I’m within that territory and, by default, I’m also at his mercy. Whether he wants to destroy me or save me, it’s all within his hands.
Jordan rises to his feet. “We’ll continue this later, Deej.”
We will not.
My ex gives Sazuki a wide berth as he heads through the sliding glass doors. I’m left sitting at the table, feeling like a mouse in the presence of a dragon.
That annoys me too.
I’m not afraid of this man.
No matter how dangerous he is.
How dangerous he makes me feel.
