Chapter - 45.1
Outside the club, Gopal waited behind the wheel, the engine purring softly. He was waiting for Lucius while enjoying some hardcore Eminem, grooving on the beats.
"Let go of my hand! I can walk," Iris slurred, trying to yank her hand free from Lucius's grip as they walked out of the club.
Lucius didn't even glance at her, "Just shut up and walk."
"Do you think I want to clean up after you? Where is the mature and sensible Iris from before?"
But she wasn't even listening. She scratched at his arm with her nails, but Lucius didn't let go. He kept walking, dragging her along—calm, firm, like a man pulling someone out of a fire.
Gopal's eyes widened as they soon came into his sight. Lucius's white shirt was soaked in blood— his knuckles raw and red, his face tight with fury. Iris stumbled beside him, heels wobbling, and the buttons of her shirt undone, her lipstick smeared like a drunk Picasso painting.