Xavier's gaze was burning. Someone called Victor, and he finally left the table.
"I don't like it when you get like this," said Ella.
"I've had enough. He wants you. If you showed interest for a moment, I'd be made a fool. Even knowing I'd kill him, he wanted to take the chance. I'm going to kill him. Ella?"
"Yes."
"Remember what I said would happen to anyone who touched you with your permission, don't you?"
Ella remembered, but she was so shocked that she couldn't respond. Once again, he was threatening her. After everything they had been through, she had entrusted her body and soul to her husband. She looked at him with hurt and sadness.
At that moment, a woman on the microphone announced the couple's dance. Xavier stood up, and they went to the dance floor.
"If you accept any man
