“Your wife?”

“Ex-wife,” I interject, recognizing that this whole thing is getting out of hand quickly.

“Wife,” he growls.

“Ex,”I growl back, just as stubbornly.Liam is still looking at Wayne, but when he hears me call him ex again, he turns to me.

“You’re mine, Ellie.If this week has shown us anything it’s that.”

“I haven’t been yours in almost two years, Liam.Did you really think a couple of dates could erase the Grand Canyon of problems we have?”I can’t believe what he’s saying to me right now.Here I was thinking that Liam had changed.Now I know he’s still the same old asshole he’s always been.It’s always what he wants and how he wants it!“Thomas!”I snap.

“Yeah, El?”

“You’re on duty,” I tell him.“You, in my office now,” I order Liam, so pissed that it’s like a living burning thing inside of me.

“Sounds good to me.I like what happens when you get pissed, Ice.”

“That’snot happening tonight,” I huff.He can’t seriously be insane enough to think that we are going to have sex in my office.

Liam crowds in behind me and out of the corner of my eye, I see him use his bicep to push Wayneout of my way.

“What the fuck, you prick,” Wayne growls, standing up and preparing to take Liam on.“You want a piece of me, go ahead and try, asshole!”

“Go ahead, I’ll give you the first hit,” Liam responds, his voice sounding almost like he’s on the verge of laughing.

Probably because he is.

“No one is hitting any one in my bar tonight.Wayne sit down.Thomas, give Wayne a drink on the house,” I mutter, wondering how things went so bad, so quickly.

“You and me aren’t finished asshole,” Wayne yells and Liam flips him off.What he does next, however, has my mouth dropping to the floor and I literally have the urge to kill Liam.

“We can finish this after I fuck my wife and you sit there with your dick in your hand,Wayne.But hey, enjoy your free consolation drink,” Liam says with a smirk.A smirk I want to wipe off his face.

So I do.

When he turns back around to face me, I’m staring straight at him.Maybe he can see that he’s pushed me too far, but it’s way too late.

“Ice—”

I straighten my hand out and slap him across the face so hard that my palm is heated from the impact.

“Fuck, woman.”

“Not another word,” I huff, so angry I’m shaking with it.I’m sick to my stomach because I struck Liam.I stomp off to my office.I don’t know if Liam is following me and at this point, I’m kind of hoping he’s not.

Chapter13

Fury

I followher in the office, closing the door behind us and turning the lock.I stand against it, my face still heated from her slap.I cross my arms at my chest and look at Ellie.She’s wearing faded jeans, a pale blue t-shirt that has Wallbanger’s written across the front and her hair pulled back high on her head in a ponytail.Her hair is so long that the gathered strands still fall below her shoulders.The blue in her eyes are dark with anger.Her face tight, as she stares at me.Her breathing is ragged, causing her breasts to rise and fall and all I can think is that this is what I’ve been missing all this time.Ellie is electric.She gives life a purpose.Without her, I was barely existing.She brings heat, fire, and emotion.Fuck, I’ve missed her.

“You’ve got about three minutes to talk, Ice.After that, I bending you over that desk and spanking your ass for that little show out there.”

“You touch me and I’ll de-ball you in ten seconds.Don’t forget that you taught me how to take care of myself, Liam and I’m damn good at it.”

“I haven’t forgotten, Ice.I also know that because I taught you, I know exactly what you will do.So, you’re free to try.In fact, I want you to.The end result will still be the same.I’m spanking that ass of yours.You’ve got one minute.”

I see the exact moment she begins to get uneasy.She’s remembering who she’s dealing with.I’m not like the boys she used to deal with, the ones that she could lead around with the crook of her finger.I’m a man and I never fit into any box she tried to put me in.That’s part of the reason she fell in love with me.Hell, maybe it’s why I fell in love with her too.