CHAPTER 180

Kade wouldn’t roll on his brother or his cousins anyway.

Before Kade uttered another denial, the man hauled off and punched him in the eye like a champion boxer. Pain exploded in his head and he staggered back.

“How’d you like that? An eye for an eye, fucker. That’ll teach you to keep your eyes off my wife.”

While Kade was trying to regain his equilibrium, the guy delivered a wicked uppercut that rocked his jaw so hard his teeth clacked together and he bit his tongue.

“Keep your mouth offa her.”

Kade curled his arms around his head, attempting to protect it, when the guy slugged him in the gut with enough force to knock the air from his lungs. Through the pain Kade realized he was getting his ass kicked and he couldn’t stop it. He dropped to the pavement in defeat.

“Stand up and fight me, you fuckin’ pussy.”

A car door slammed, followed by bootsteps thumping down the sidewalk. “Hey!

What the hell is goin’ on?”

“Walk away. This ain’t your concern,” the man said.

“The fuck it isn’t.”

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