ELI’S POV
Ralph straightened slowly, jaw swelling already where my first blow had landed.
He wiped at his mouth with the back of his hand and sneered.
“You’re acting like you’re the one f*****g her. What—she’s too sweet to share?”
Something cold and an animal rose under my skin. The second punch landed harder and he went down hard this time.
One after another, each strike hotter and angrier until Rory had to grab me, hauling me back until we were pressed into a smaller space, muscles trembling against restraint.
I’d burn the entire goddamn world before I let anyone speak of her like that.
“Christ.” Rory’s sigh was heavy, edged with exasperation and something that might have been pity. “Don’t tell me you’re still in love with Rowanne.”
I snatched a bottle of water from the table,
