Alex When we were alone, I yanked my hand free of Chen’s clutches and stared at him. “Why?” “What do you mean, why?” “What made you feel compelled to do that to her?” I grumbled, unable to turn away from everyone’s expressions, particularly Henry’s, who had asked me to find a love life weeks before. And I think this wasn’t at all expected. “You know, you don’t have to do that to her.” “What’s wrong with what I did? She just tried to insult you. What else should I do? Watch?” “What else? Look what you’ve done. Now, everybody knows about us.” “So what? What I did was the right thing.” “You could have just —” “Are you suggesting that I should have just stood there and watched my man being humiliated in public like that?” “What did you just say? My man?” “Yes, Alex. You are mine,

