Before Inez could make out the head or tail of what was going on, she felt someone curl their fingers around her throat. A startled yelp escaped her lips as she turned to look at the man in front of her.
"Did you tell Morrineth about my little trip down the pub?" demanded Jared. His eyes were glaring at her. But Inez could detect the nervousness in his eyes. The man was scared of his little affair being known.
Interesting.
However, with her neck in his hand, Inez was not going to pull any stunt. She narrowed her eyes and looked around, but before she could come up with a plan to get this man off her. She felt his fingers tighten around her neck.
Damn this man. He better wish that she would not get an upper hand in this situation or else he would be saying goodbye to his fingers. Once and for all.
"Did you?"
