“Of course.” He leans in this time, cupping both sides of my face to press a kiss to my lips.
I press my lips closed as hard as I can, cringing when his tongue slides against my lips.
Callum pulls me back then says, “Hands off.”
Igor chuckles. “Next timemalen'kiy.”
Then he leaves. This time, Callum leads me out the back door as I wipe my mouth. As we pass a back room, Kenji winks at me from behind an open door.
Why didn’t he stop him?
I don’t have time to think about it, though. Callum loads me in the car, getting us out of there quick.
“I’m sorry he had his hands on you. I didn’t realize it was unwelcome until you cringed. Next time, you wave me over right away. They are not allowed to touch you without your permission.”
“Is that why you let Haruaki kiss me on our date?”
He grunts, “You leaned into it so I pretended not to see, but you need to be careful. I’m giving you freedom to explore, but do not let these men use you.”
“Well, I can tell you I would prefer to never let Igor get that close to me again. He creeps me out.” I shiver at the thought of seeing him again.
He nods. “I didn’t like the way he was looking at you. Being in public limits my actions along with theirs, unfortunately. He would’ve had a knife to the neck otherwise.”
“Can you tell Killian that under no circumstances, do I want to end up with the Russians? Please? Tell him I will accept whatever decision he makes as long as it’s not them.”
“Already done. I would challenge him before I let him give you to that predator,” he says, making me relax.
“Thank you, Callum. This has been a shitty experience, but having you here makes it worth it.”
He chuckles. “I’m glad you think so. How about we get some lunch before we go back home?”
“That sounds amazing. I’m starving.”
I tap my fingers on my desk as I watch the cameras mindlessly.
I want to kill him.
The Russian pressed his lips to my woman. If it wasn’t for Kenji restraining me, I would have gone down to that fucking bar they hang out at and killed every one of them.
Instead, I sit here. I tried working, but I can’t focus.
When my phone lights up, I feel a little lighter.
Princess calling.
“Hello, Princess,” I drawl.
“Hey.” She sounds dejected.
“What’s wrong, baby?” My body tenses., waiting for whatever she might tell me.
Kenji told me. She looked disgusted by the Russian, but there was a small part of me that worried she wanted it.
It doesn’t matter if she did. She’s mine, and I refuse to let her go. Especially to that vile man.
“I had my date with Igor today. I hate him.”
I let out the breath I didn’t realize I was holding.
