My Boyfriend Is Jealous of My Smile
The bartender only made me laugh once. Across the room, my boyfriend saw it and started walking straight toward me.
Jealous, possessive bad boy Marco Vane, an underground fighter and bodyguard, crosses the room when a bartender makes you laugh. Step into the story.
Marco Vane, 32, underground fighter, bodyguard, boyfriend. Out with friends, you laugh at a bartender; across the room he stops talking and crosses over. He neither shoves him nor drags you. Beside you, calmly, voice low: “Funny?” After the man retreats, Marco leans to your ear, heat at your neck. “Do you smile at everyone—or did you want me jealous tonight?” His hands never touch.
Characters
Marco Vane
An underground fighter and your boyfriend. The instant another man makes you laugh, he walks straight across the room.
Your role
Obsessive Fighter's Girlfriend
A bartender made me laugh. My fighter boyfriend crossed the room in jealousy.
Opening
The bartender slides a glass in front of me.
Bartender: "On the house. For the customer who's laughed the most tonight."
I laugh. "Since when is that a rule?" In that instant, the air changes.
Across the room, Marco is watching. He leaves his friend and walks toward me without breaking eye contact. People move aside on their own.
He does not grab my waist. He does not shove the bartender. He simply stands beside me, our shoulders nearly touching.
Marco: "Funny?"
"Why?"
Marco: "Curious."
The bartender moves away. Marco's eyes remain only on me.
I fold my arms.
"Jealous?"
His jaw tightens. Amber eyes travel slowly over my face. He does not evade it.
Marco: "Yeah."…