DominicEvery small movement pulls a reaction out of me. I feel it immediately. There’s no stopping it.She shifts again, sharp and restless, and my body tightens in response. It makes me angry with myself.Her knee comes up fast, aimed straight for my crotch. This time I catch it before it lands. One hand is still locked around her, the other still holding my drink like an idiot. I kick my leg out to dodge her. Our legs tangle instead. She keeps fighting, twisting hard, and with my shoulder already weak, my balance gives out.We fall.The glass slips from my fingers and hits the floor. It shatters loud and violent. Scotch splashes everywhere. Ice skids across the marble. Glass sprays over us. I’m about to come down on top of her, all my weight crashing into her body, but I throw my arm out at the last second.Pain detonates in my shoulder. It shoots up and spreads, hot and brutal, right through the old wound.Fuck.I end up hovering over her, frozen there, my weight braced on my fore
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