Page 50 of Cruel Revenge

And Logan and Bella are with her now.

He’s late, which is no surprise.

What is surprising is that his hand goes to Skyla’s throat, and he shoves her out of view of everyone else.

Bella scurries away with her head down like she doesn’t see anything, a fresh bruise on her bicep.

I stride away from the bar, hurrying to where Logan just took Skyla. I don’t know who he thinks he is, but he’s going to pay for putting his hands on my wife.

I may have thought about wringing her neck more than once, but that ismyneck to touch, not his.

“You fucking bastard,” Skyla says, venom in her voice before there’s the sound of flesh hitting flesh. “Fucking touch me again, and I’ll kill you.”

I round the corner to see her standing above him, her hand still clenched in a fist, and Logan glowering at her.

He lunges, and as he does, she ducks out of his reach and slams her fist into his stomach, knocking the air from him.

All right, no fist fights with my wife.

Before he can reach for her again, her fist is crashing into his nose, the sickening crunch of cartilage and his low moan filling the air.

He stumbles backward, his hand over his nose and blood dripping from between his fingers.

I lean against the wall of the building beside us, gaze connecting with Skyla’s as the corner of my mouth twitches. “Got everything handled here?”

She shakes out her hand and shrugs. “Not sure yet. He’s exceptionally stupid.”

Logan glowers at her before spitting out a mouthful of blood at her feet. “You stupid bitch.”

I grab him by the shoulder and slam my foot into the back of his knee.

He crumples to the ground as anger courses through my veins.

I look at her with a smile. “Honey, please go make sure everyone is having a good time.”

For once, she doesn’t argue with me. She stabs the stiletto heel into the hand Logan has on the ground before rounding the corner and heading off to entertain the guests.

Logan gets to his feet and glares at me. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”

“Need some help?” Royce appears at my side with Aiden just behind him. “Because I know this jackass wouldn’t be stupid enough to try to ruin my sister’s wedding reception.”

Pride wants me to tell them to go away and let me handle this, but I need them on my side, at least a little. When this thing between me and Skyla ends, I don’t want them to come after me and kill me.

“Help me take him out of here.”

Royce and Aiden each take an arm, lifting Logan up.

Logan tries to kick Royce and is rewarded with a sharp jab to the kidney.

My brother groans, his head dropping. “You stupid fucking bastard. I’m going to put away your entire family. When I’m done with you, your sisters are all going to be rotting in jail.”

Aiden looks at me with an eyebrow raised. “This is what you put up with from the people on your payroll?”

“No.” I nod to the next alley over. “Take him there.”

Logan thrashes, trying to break free. “You took what was mine, Joshua. You think this is going to end well for you? Skyla is nothing but a whore.”

Aiden and Royce throw Logan to the ground.

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