Page 36 of Sweet Rule
He hasn’t moved from his place at the back of the room. Not even now that the men have moved towards Zeus. There’s nothing but empty space between us and I start towards him. Fine, if I have to be the one to make the first move, I will. I don’t care. Not anymore. It’s not like I have pride when it comes to him. He stripped me of that when the truth came out about us.
I stop a few feet away from him. We look each other over for a second. He doesn’t look unaffected now. He looks down right angry, which suits me fine. I’m glad he’s angry. So am I. Why should I be the only one to be angry? He’s the first to speak.
“You picked me.” It’s not a question but a statement.
I nod. “Sure did.”
“Why?” he asks, still looking ticked off.
I tilt my head to the side. “You do know if you didn’t want me to pick you to marry, you shouldn’t have thrown your hat into the ring.” I tap my finger against my chin as I ask, “Or did you do it because Zeus dangled another piece of the club in front of you? Though, I guess this way you won’t have to win it piece by piece, you’ll just get it all at once when we’re married, huh?”
His jaw ticks, blue eyes darken and he comes towards me. “You don’t know what you’re talking about, princess.”
“So you keep saying.”
“You keep talking to me like that and I’m going to-”
I narrow my eyes at him and cross my arms. “Going towhat?” I challenge him. “You can’t touch me now. I belong to him,” I say, jerking a thumb in Zeus’ direction. He’s still swamped by men but he’s making quick work of smoothing things over. Already drinks are being brought in by staff for my would-be suitors and he’s no doubt gaslighting the shit out of them.
Law’s eyes move over my face and he’s silent, unmoving. He goes so still that I can’t even tell if he is breathing, but then he does. I hear the sigh of his breath and then feel it as he leans into me, lips grazing my ear when he speaks.
“You only belong to him until I fucking say ‘I do’, princess. Then your ass is mine.”
CHAPTERFIFTEEN
LAW
Her eyes go wide and her lips part with a gasp. She shakes her head at me and even though the words she speaks next are harsh, I know she likes what I’ve said. She wouldn’t be leaning towards me, pupils blown wide or licking her lips if she didn’t.
“You’re an asshole, Law. Fuck you.”
“Save the sweet talk for your vows, princess.”
Her lip curls and she jerks away from me. “You aren’t going to own me, so get that out of your fucking head now. This isn’t about you. I’m doing this for me.”
I look around the room and nod. “Seeing the limp dick offerings that you had to pick from, I get it. But make no mistake, HoneyVlahos,”I put an emphasis on her new last name and she narrows her eyes at me, “any woman that puts my ring on her finger ismine. Body and soul.”
She sneers. “You don’t have a soul, Law. Is that why you want mine?”
I give her an easy shrug. We’re being watched. I can’t make my move right now like I want to, which is to throw her over my shoulder and leave. I want to flip the dress she’s wearing up her thighs and ass. I want to shove her over my knee and spank the shit out of her for the way she’s mouthing off to me. She’s pushed her boundaries before with me, but never like this.
Honey wants a fight and because I always give my girl what she wants, I give her one.
“Got no need for a soul, baby girl. You know that.” I nod at her and smile. It’s not a real smile, it’s cold and mean, but it’s the only kind of smile I can give her right now. We’re surrounded by vipers. One wrong move and I’ll lose her. Zeus will take her from me and I’ll be back at square one.
I don’t know what she said to him to get her way in choosing me as her fiancé, but from the way we’re being watched I can tell the men around us want to know why she made me her choice. She surprised me with her move, but considering the men around us, I get it.
She knows she is safe with me. She has to on some level for her to insist it’s me she’s tied to. I grab onto that and it grounds me, even if I’m playing the asshole right now for her. It’s the role that will keep us safe until I can get us back onto my territory. Her eyes dart to the side and I watch the way she angles herself to me, even though she’s trying to keep space between us. She’s nervous. Scared, even if she’s putting on a brave show.
The woman in front of me might be lashing out, but she needs me to take over, so I do.
I brush past her and head straight for Zeus. Behind me I hear Honey make a sputtering sound before she practically growls my name.
“Law!”
Interesting. I didn’t know my girl could growl.
I come to a stop in front of Zeus and he takes his sweet time turning to me. He’s talking to the blonde that I’m going to gut later.
