Chapter 71

I yelp when he catches my upper arm and yanks me ungraciously with a bit of oomph back towards him, almost sending me off my high heels, and I instinctively hit him in the chest with my free hand. I am annoyed with the heavy-handed manhandling and glare at him with as much hatred as I can.

“You want me to say sorry? I’m sorry. I didn’t try to hurt you. I really did think you would understand the why once you cooled down. I figured you, of all people in this building, could figure out I didn’t mean any of it.”

He doesn’t wait for me to say anything but takes my glass from me and downs it in one go, arrogantly, igniting more fury, which earns him an annoyed shoulder slap and an irate ‘hey’.

“What? You were throwing it around rather than drinking it. Now shut up and come on.” Alexi grabs one of my waving hands as the doors slide open and pulls me out ungentlemanly towards the apartment door. Not even giving me a chance to retort to his lame apology.

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