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Chapter 9
Emiliana
I threw my body back against the wall as I watched another fist pummeled into the side of the man’s face. He collapsed to the floor in a crumpled heap, his laughs still evident as he tried to pick himself up from the floor.
Giovanni stood over the stranger, fists poised and ready to make contact once more. His chest was heaving and the anger in his eyes was palpable. His ferocity didn’t seem to deter the man he had just assaulted so as soon as he was on two shaky legs, Giovanni sank his fists into his gut. I clutched my mouth to muffle the sounds of shock that escaped me as I watched the onslaught. Another fist laid into the man’s face, splitting his lip before Giovanni gripped him by the throat and shoved him with unrelenting force against the wall.
“Keep your hands away from her.”
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