Page 94 of Poison and Wine
Without even thinking, I knocked Callum away from Jocelyn. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I demanded.
While Callum had the nerve to smirk at me, Jocelyn got into my face. Her blue eyes narrowed to fury filled slits. “I don’t know what your problem is, bitch.”
“Bitch?” I questioned incredulously.
“That’s what I said. I don’t know who you think you are coming over and interrupting me and my man like that.”
“Your man?” I flashed my ring in her face. “Last time I checked, he was my husband.”
While Jocelyn’s eyes popped wide at my declaration, I turned my fury on Callum who had the audacity to be staring at me with a grin. “And you can go fuck yourself!” I shouted before I whirled around and fled from the VIP section.
Tears blurred my eyes as I pushed and shoved my way through the crowd. I didn’t make it too far until a pair of strong arms slithered around my waist and jerked me back against a hard body. “Let me go!” I shouted before smacking at the arms around me.
Alcohol laced breath scorched against my ear. “You’re not going anywhere until I get a piece of your sweet ass.”
“Stop it!” I shrieked.
“Mmm, I’m going to love hearing you scream my name tonight.” His hand slid up my ribcage to cup my breast. “Say it, bitch. Say Blake is going to rock my world.”
I kept fighting against him to no avail while trying to fight my rising panic. He had to be in the military because he knew to block each of my self-defense moves. Surely one of the bouncers had to be around, not to mention Quinn and Kellan were supposed to be working the main floor.
Blake’s grip suddenly jerked free, sending me staggering to regain my footing. When I whirled around to see what had happened, Callum had the man by the throat. Pure menace was written over his expression.
“How dare you put your fucking hands on something that belongs to me.”
Blake shook his head furiously back and forth as his face turned crimson. “Don’t you dare fucking lie to me when I saw it with my own fucking eyes!” Callum blared.
As Callum’s grip on Blake’s neck tightened, Blake sank to his knees. The lethally cruel expression on Callum’s face would give me nightmares in the nights to come. I didn’t like seeing him this way. I didn’t like believing he could be that violent. That deadly.
“Callum, stop!” I cried, as I tried pulling his hand off the man’s throat.
“Stay out of this,” he snarled.
“You’re going to kill him if you don’t stop.”
“That’s what happens when you disrespect me in my club.”
Glancing around, miraculously no one had their eyes on us. They remained dancing and talking. Considering how dark it was, you would’ve had to be right beside us to truly see what was transpiring. Of course, a dead body on the ground would be harder to conceal. “But everyone will see.”
As my words started to break through to him, Quinn and Kellan appeared. It was only their combined strength that pulled Callum off of Blake. A guttural gasping noise came from Blake’s lips before he collapsed to the ground. Quinn and Kellan snapped into action by getting him to his feet. With him pressed between the two brothers, it looked like the three were dancing.
To distract anyone from Callum’s rage, I slid my arms around his’s neck and dragged his forehead down to rest against mine. His hands reached out to grip my waist before molding me against him. His broad chest heaved against me as he worked to get his fury under control.
Although I was still frightened of his behavior, I couldn’t abandon him when he needed me. “Look at me,” I commanded.
His blue eyes locked with mine. “Just breathe,” I murmured.
The murderous gleam in his expression began to fade. When he finally regarded me without brutality, I sighed. The remorse that glittered in his eyes broke my heart. “I’m sorry you had to see me like that, Kitten.”
“I won’t lie that you scared the shit out of me.”
He smirked. “Apparently so since it made you curse.”
I shook my head. “I’m serious, Callum.”
Regret flooded his face. “I know. And I’m sorry.” He brushed his knuckles along my chin. “I wouldn’t have you fear me for anything in the world.”
“Deep down I know that’s who you are, but I don’t like seeing it. Just like I know it’s who my brothers are.