Page 4 of Zeus's Ruin

I guffaw.“And here I though the Bud Light was for you?”

“Nope.I like it hard all the way,” she says and then laughs nervously.“Er ...drinks, that is.”

“Uh-huh.You best go find your man, Sugar.Before either one of us gets hurt.”

“Yeah, I’ll see you around Zeus.”

“Yes, you will.”I turn and walk away, leaving my own drink untouched on the bar.

CHAPTER THREE

Sugar

Before I can even makeit back to the table, Jimmy is stalking toward me with murder in his gaze.Oh shit.Did he see me talking to Zeus?I mean, it was just a friendly interaction between neighbors.Nothing more.

“Hey, babe.I got your beer.”I offer it to him, but he slaps the bottle out of my hand.Both drinks fall to the floor and shatter around my open-toed, platform heels.I’m covered in liquor.Glass slices the top of my foot, and I gasp, but that’s the least of my worries when Jimmy grabs me by the arm, his fingers digging into my flesh, so hard they bruise.“Jimmy.You’re hurting me.”

“Like you hurt me.”

“What are you talking about?”

He drags me outside.Embarrassing me in front of his friends and the whole bar, but I don’t dare resist.It always goes so much worse for me when I do.

“You think I like being made a fucking fool of?”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“Bullshit.I see the way you look at that filthy fucking biker.You were practically fucking him right in front of everyone.Do you know how that makes me look to my buddies?”

“I wasn’t.”I shake my head adamantly.“He bought us drinks.That’s all.I was just being a friendly neighbor.”

“How long have you been letting him stick his dick in your sloppy cunt, huh?”He drags me closer, his fingers bruising my shoulders with their biting grip and leans in, so his forehead is pressed hard against mine.“You think I don’t know he’s the reason you go outside at night for a little ‘fresh air’?”

“Jimmy, you’re being crazy.”

The backhand across my face is so fast, I don’t even feel the sting until I’m on the ground in the gravel parking lot, and he’s hovering over me, so full of violence, full of wrath.He lunges for me again and lifts me by the hair.I scream and claw at him, but then his hand wraps around my throat and squeezes, effectively cutting off my air supply.I choke and scratch, and then I’m on the ground again.

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