else’s“Viola!” I shout, grabbing her attention back toward me. She trips over her own heels and catches herself on the wall before she falls. “Do you have any idea how worried I’ve been? Or the thoughts that were running through my mind? You wouldn’t answer my calls or messages. I thought something happened to you.” The anger boiling under my skin terrifies me, but I don’t have enough strength to stop myself.
I feel a hand on my shoulder. “She was safe with me.” I hear his condescending tone behind me. He squeezes his fingers into my skin with a hard chuckle.
“Get your hand off me.” I jerk my shoulder, but he must be hard of hearing because he doesn’t move. All I see is red, and without thinking, I grab his wrist and face him, locking his arm behind his back as I cup his throat. “I f****
