Page 96 of Collide

Yeah, pussy whipped, I know.

I hadn’t been expecting to watch her on the security camerathrowing herself into the arms of another fucking man.My agitation instantly turned into murderous intent, my sight set onThe Stag.

He was a dead man.

The ‘staff only’ door slammed open as I barged through and into thechampagne bar, classic piano music played as people sat around talking, relaxing from the buzz of the main club. All eyes fell on me as I stormed through the club heading towards the dark tunnel.They would have been people I knew, but at that very minute, Icouldn’t have identified one person, my vision blinkered by my sole focus of getting to Riley as soon as fucking possible.

As I neared, the loud music from the club grew stronger but I blockedit out as my eyes fell on her.

My Star.

She had her back to me, talking to the prick who was going to bemeeting his fate in a few minutes. Danny was standing behind her, running a frustrated hand through his hair. He was pissed, his whole body tense, and it looked as though he was about ten seconds away from grabbing hold of Riley’s arm and dragging her away. The only thing that would have stopped him was the worry I would hurt him for touching what belonged to me.

Arthur and Jacob, two of my senior men were standing on either sideof the dude Riley was talking to, both looked just as unhappy as I felt. Arthur noticed me storming towards them and gave a subtle nod to Danny who turned to look at me, he winced at the rage I was no doubt displaying across my face.

“So how come you’re here in the club?” I heard her say, completelyoblivious that I was now behind her.

The need to touch her overwhelmed me, my fingers itched to feel hersoft skin. Even from behind she looked beautiful. The dress she had on was far too fucking short for my liking though, she had too much skin of her delectable body on display.

As I stepped in closer behind her, her scent of strawberries andsunscreen washed over me, calming me just the tiniest bit.

“What I would like to know is, why the fuck you had your hands on mygirl?” I said through gritted teeth as I wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her back to my chest, back to where she belonged.

“Kai-” she immediately started to protest, but I held her tighter andinterrupted her before she could carry on.

“I’d also like to know exactly how the fuck aStaggot into my club.”

Hendrix and Miles didn’t need me to say anymore, the secondcomprehension dawned on who the fuck was standing in front of us, the pair of them pulled their guns out and aimed them directly at the prick. Following their lead, Danny, Arthur, and Jacob followed suit. Riley’s whole body tensed in my arms.

“W-what, I didn’t do anything man, I swear,” The Stag stuttered andraised his hands in the air like a little pussy.

“Kai, what the fuck?” Riley hissed and managed to spin around in myarms to face me.

She was mad, and she’d clearly been drinking if the stench of alcoholon her breath was anything to go by, and the fact her words were slurred.She tried to wriggle out of my grasp but there was no way I wasletting her go. I tightened my arms around her, silently letting her know she wasn’t going anywhere.

“But you did do something, you put your hands on my girl.” I ignoredher, and instead addressed The Stag, keeping my voice low and deadly. I’d never seen him before which posed the question, just how the fuck did he get into my club.

“Oh, enough of the jealous bullshit, Kai,” Riley shrieked, and onceagain tried to pull out of my grasp. I didn’t let her go. “Toby is a friend, nothing more, nothing less. And for your information, I was the one who hugged him, not the other way around.”

Her tone was full of rage, no doubt fuelled by the alcohol she’d had.I’d have to speak to Kimmy about not letting Riley drink so much next time.

I dropped one hand from around her waist and grabbed her chinroughly, holding her face to look at me. My whole body was shaking with anger. Anger at seeing another man putting his hands on her, or the fact that he was a Stag, I didn’t know, but it didn’t really matter. He’d get the full force of my wrath either way.

“I saw that, Riley, and I assure you, I will deal with you. But only afterThe Stag has been taken care of.”

Her eyes narrowed at my words and her beautiful mouth dropped intoan O. If she wasn’t happy with my actions before, she was fucking pissed now.

“You’ll deal with me? Fuck. You,” she hissed, yanking her chin out ofmy grasp and shoving me in the chest. Something I did not fucking appreciate in the slightest.

While it wasn’t a strong push, her actions caught me off guard, and Idropped the other hand that had been holding her waist. Now my hands weren’t on her, she spun on her heel and marched her fine ass over to The Stag. When she stopped in front of him, she crossed her arms over her chest and glared back at me, raising an eyebrow and offering a silent challenge to me.

To say I was fuckinglividwould be an understatement.

Red mist blurred my vision, my pulse thumped in my ears, and myhands clenched into fists.

I’d never felt the rage that was rampaging through me now.Riley wasmine, she belonged tome. Not this punk ass-bitch standingwith his arms in the air.

“Put The Stag in the basement,” I growled, low and deadly to mymen, my eyes never leaving Riley’s. They moved as one as they were trained to do, the five of them descending on him. At the same time they moved, I took two long strides toward Riley, watching as fear took hold of her.

---