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She was laughing, head tipped back, the kind of laugh that showed her throat, the kind I liked keeping for myself. And she wasn’t laughing at me. Some guy I didn’t know had his hand on her waist, steering her across the floor like he’d earned the right to touch her, like he’d been there through all the nights I had. My glass felt heavy in my hand, jaw locked so tight the liquor barely made it down. Jealousy wasn’t something I dealt in—I was the type who let women come and go, no chains, no claims. But watching her dance with him, watching her lean into him like that, something ugly and sharp twisted in my chest.
It wasn’t about the dance. It wasn’t even about him. It was the fact that she was mine, and she hadn’t figured it out yet. I didn’t want to pull her away to save her feelings—I wanted to do it because the sight of her laughing in another man’s space made me restless, possessive. Without thinking, I approached the pair you are coming with me. Now.