Page 24 of Resisting Your Love

River turned his glare to me. The only thing I could do was laugh since the situation was over now.

"Man, you hell on wheels," I told him.

I followed Zyanna and Amryn with my eyes. It was a good thing it wasn't as packed tonight. It would be an early turnout, and I was happy for it. My mother was on the planningcommittee for all the events we had. She'd plan it sometimes, or other people of the society she and my father were a part of. I hated it, but I had to attend since I was their son. It would look bad on their part if I didn't show up. When I was younger, I used to cause them so much hell about it, but now I was over it.

I saw a man approach Zyanna and Amryn, and she tensed up. An angry expression crossed her face, and that was when I made my way over to her to see what the problem was. I wrapped my arm around her waist and stared at the man in front of her. He looked down at the hand on her waist and lifted an eyebrow.

"Who the hell are you?" he asked in a hard tone.

I didn't like his hostility when he didn't know me. I hated it when someone did that.

"Who I am is none of your business. I see you over here bothering my wife, and to me, that's a problem."

The man's mouth dropped, and his eyes widened before he burst out laughing. He laughed loud as hell, causing everyone to look over at us. He gave clown behavior.

He looked between us and narrowed his eyes. "Your wife?"

"That's what I said. I'm not repeating myself. If you know what I know, you'll find yourself something safe to do and stay the hell away from her," I nonchalantly stated, although I was ready to knock him on his ass.

Anger simmered through me tenfold, and as much as I didn't want to cause any problems at this event, I wouldn't let this man think it was okay to bother my wife the way he was. Amryn belonged to me, and I'd be damned if anyone thought they were going to talk or look at her like they were crazy. I'd beat their asses first.

He stepped closer to us, and I pulled Amryn behind me. It had been a while since I had to put someone in their place. This man was baiting me and was about to see how I acted up. I tried to spare him, but he kept trying me.

"The best thing to do is walk away, man," I warned him. That was as far as I'd go before I showed my ass.

He smirked, his eyes bouncing around. I didn't know what the hell this man was on, but he chose the wrong day to be on it. "Nah, I think I'll stay right here. I'm trying to have a conversation with Amryn. I'm not leaving until I talk to her," he retorted.

I stepped closer to him only to be pulled back by Amryn. She wasn't doing a good job of holding me back, but I'd take it. I needed to calm down and was happy she was there. It was hard for me to remain calm, but this man was trying me.

"Let's just go, Levi. He's trying to make you mad," Amryn urged.

"Hell, he succeeded because I'm already there." I snarled. I wasn't trying to take my anger out on her, but when I was mad, I targeted anyone.

"He shouldn't even be here. He's not dressed properly," Zyanna butted in.

She had a point with that. He wasn't wearing the color yellow but had on all black. Who in the hell let him in? They needed to escort him back out.

His eyes knitted together as he turned his attention to Zyanna. "Who the fuck?— "

I didn't give him time to say anything else. I popped him in the mouth.

It was that quick and simple for me. He baited me to the point I couldn't stand it any longer. When I was up, it was hard for me to calm down. My body was locked with rage to the point where I thought I was about to explode.

River rushed over and pulled me out of the area.

"Man, what the hell?" he bellowed.

I felt ashamed of myself, but it had to be done. "That man tried me, bruh. On everything, he was trying to get a rise out ofme. I have a feeling that's Amryn's ex-boyfriend. He don't know who the hell he's fucking with, for real."

Amryn and Zyanna came running out of the ballroom. She came straight to me and held my face in her hands. She had a look of concern on her face, and that was something I never wanted her to feel.

"Are you okay?" she whispered.

I nodded. "I'm straight. I'm sure he's not."

She gnawed her bottom lip, causing my dick to twitch in my slacks. I had it bad — real bad. I leaned over and kissed her lips.

"We're not going to worry about him. My only concern is you. I'm sorry that happened. I don't even know how he showed up."

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