“You need to be taught…” He grunted. “How to behave”
“Please-” I pleaded.
He let go when the sound of the door squeaked open, he didn’t move other than to let go of my throat. I coughed and sputtered, rubbing at my throat.
From this position, things could be seen in a different way. We looked like any other normal couple.
“Everything okay here?” I knew that voice, I held back my groan and met Ty’s eyes.
His fists were clenched and his eyes guarded. He looked Max up and down then moved those eyes to me. He saw something but what he saw I didn’t know.
“Mind your own business,” Max gritted out.
Ty stood there unmoving.
“Let’s go.” Max pulled me off the wall and threw his arm over me.
“Keep your mouth shut,” he warned, only low enough for me to hear.
I looked down to the floor as we walked past Ty.
“Good girl,” Max murmured.
I didn’t look back up until we were safely outside.
*~*~*
I pulled a scarf around my neck the next morning before I got out of my car. The bruises were faint but I didn’t want to risk any questions. I pulled the metal door open and came face to face with Luke.
“Morning.” I smiled.
“Yeah,” he grunted back and tried to move round me.
I blocked the way until he looked up with narrowed eyes.
“I need to get past.”
“Am I really that bad?” I asked.
I’d been working here for several weeks now and he hadn’t said more than one word to me and that was only when he handed me his files to type up. I get that he was the silent broody type but the fact that it was only me he ignored made me sure it was something to do with me and not him.
“What’s the hold up?” Kitty said from behind me.
“She won’t move.” Luke huffed.
“What? Why won’t you move?” She rested her chin on my shoulder and I turned to her our faces centimeters apart.
“He needs to say good morning first.” Kitty laughed, right down my ear.
“Oh god! You’re hilarious.” I squinted at her voice.
“What? It’s something that he should say. I can’t understand half of the grunts that he uses!” I flailed my hand about.
I saw him smile out of the corner of my eye, he couldn’t hide that smile. It lit up his whole face. I whipped my head round ready to catch him but he frowned as soon as I turned.
“Good morning,” he grunted. I moved to the side and waved my arm wide for him.
“That’s all I wanted!” I shouted after him.