Chapter 9. Her Man

“Your knuckles are bruised,” Ellie commented as she inspected the painful looking bruises on Xandre’s scarred knuckles.

“What did you do?” She demanded in a stern voice.

“I might’ve punched the wall to take out my frustration.”

“I don’t like seeing you get hurt, Dre,” she said, d****** the tender skin with alcohol wipes. He stared at her quietly and she winced.

“Sorry.”

He kissed her forehead, watching her as she cleaned the cuts.

“It doesn’t really hurt,” he told her.

“Try to avoid getting hurt, okay?” She said, placing a butterfly kiss on his injured knuckles.

“I’ll try,” he stated, a small smile tugging at his lips.

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Lacey sashayed into the Loides’ mansion, determined to get back at Xandre for practically throwing her out of his house. In order to do this, she decided to pay his parents a visit, knowing fully well that they would reprimand their son for treating her wrongly. With exaggerated tears rolling down her che