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He tossed his head toward me. I took a minute to fully take the guy in. Slacks. Cashmere sweater. Loafers. Boring as fuck but clearly well off. I didn’t know him. Even after she’d given his name nothing about the guy registered to me. He likely came from money but that didn’t mean shit to me.
“Lias…”
I heard my brother approaching but didn’t acknowledge him. My body was already humming with the need to deal with this son of a bitch. That was the problem with my disorder. There were times I could control the outcome and others when I couldn’t. Tonight just happened to be one of the latter.
I was moving again this time not caring about what was happening around me. I did feel Cress’s hands press into my chest then move down to my stomach. My logic had been overshadowed by the blazing hue of red that clouded my gaze. My fist crashed into the guy’s face. One calculated punch with years of skill, strength, and rage driving the motion. I dropped him. His knees hit the ground below and the rest of him followed. It felt like everything was moving in slow motion but small vibrating hands pressed into my abs again, grounding me.
“You didn’t have to do that.” Cress’s voice brought my surroundings back into clear view. Elias was yelling for everyone to go back inside. Christian was at his side doing the same.
My gaze dropped and fastened with hers but the one thing I expected wasn’t there. No fear or anger. Just confusion.
“Fuck.” I yanked a hand down my face and turned to walk off. She was behind me, fisted the back of my jacket and my muscles locked beneath my clothes. I turned back in her direction and her eyes went wide, not expecting the abrupt movement.
“Where are you going?”
I have no fucking idea.
“I need a minute.” I struggled to collect every bit of restraint I had which at the moment was very little…
“You need a minute?” She jerked her chin lifting her eyes to me. “Well I need an explanation. What the hell just happened?”
“You know exactly what happened. I told you that no one will ever treat you with anything less than respect.”
“I get that but you can’t just go around assaulting people and truthfully I can’t sayyou. Whoever that man was, the one that hit Allen wasn’t you Elias.” Her tone was tentative.
I laughed lightly. “I’ll take that into consideration.”
I wouldn’t mostly because I wasn’t always able to.
Instead of explaining, I turned to leave again. “Where are you going? We’re not done talking…”
“Maybe you’re not, but I am. I told you I need a fucking minute.” I didn’t stop moving nor did I consider what she was saying. As much as I hated the reality of things. I really needed a fucking minute more.
TWELVE
cress
“Is he okay?”I asked as soon as Christian walked up to me. It took a little over an hour to clear the house. Everyone was gone, aside from Ezekiel and his wife who lived here, the staff assigned to clean up after that party, my brother, and of course Allen who was being seen by a doctor that appeared out of nowhere. He was with them and a man I just learned was the Omari family attorney.
They worked fast protecting the interest of their family members. I was used to the process because it was no different from how my father handed things in the past and now Christian.
“He has a fractured jaw but he’ll survive. Are you dating Allen Warren? Please tell me you know better than to get tied up with that man.”
“I’m not dating him.”
Christian placed his tightly clenched fist on his hips lowering his chin so that his blazing eyes met mine. “Let me rephrase the question. Are you fucking him?”
“Yes. Are you happy?” I threw my hands up.
“Why the hell would I be happy about you screwing Allen Warren when I’m right in the middle of a very important business deal with his ex-father-in-law. That should go over extremely well, considering they already hate that fucker since he cheated on his daughter. People choose sides in business, Cress. I need him to choose mine.”
“He’s divorced.”
“It doesn’t fucking matter. He cheated on the guy’s daughter. It was messy and not a good look for you or this family.”
“You’re not sleeping with him.Iwas and casually. What does it matter?”
“I’m not doing this with you.”
