I was on him before I knew what I was doing. I raised my hand to slap him across the face, every ounce of my strength behind it.
He caught my wrist mid-air.
His grip was iron, and he stared at me with something like disbelief, and then he moved so fast I did not see it coming. My back slammed against the wall hard enough to knock the air out of me, and his hand closed around my neck, and his voice thundered in my face.
"Who the hell do you think you are?"
The impact brought me back to myself. I could fight. I had fought men twice his size and won. But looking into his eyes in that moment, I remembered, cold and clear, that I was not strong enough to fight him. None of that mattered. Tasha mattered. He had no right to put his hands on her, no matter how strong he was, no matter that we were under his protection.
I glared at him, and my voice came out shaking with fury. "And who the hell do you think you are, Sparrow? Why would you put your hands on Tasha? Why would you beat her like an animal? What kind of man does that to a girl who has already been through hell?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Do not play dumb with me!" I tried to pull free and could not. "It is just the three of us in this house. Who else would have beaten Tasha up?"
"She is what most people would call a weenie."
I stared at him. The words hung in the air between us, and I wanted to hit him again, wanted to scream at him, but something in the flat certainty of his voice had lodged itself in my chest like a splinter. Tasha's tears were real. Her wounds were real. But the man standing in front of me did not look like a liar. He looked like a man who had been asked for something and had given it, and I had no idea which of them I could afford to believe.
No.
Tasha would never lie to me.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic)
Agent Frost better teach Tasha how to protect herself if anything gets out of hand or if she’s ever in danger or forced again...
I need some good news for Tasha. Special Agent hear her out and don’t let her get back into that life. Do I hear a romance or someone Tasha can truly count on besides Scarlett??...
I hope Tasha is let off and helped by this detective and gets away from all this maybe a twist for this novel is she gets on the good side of things and gets away from that life completely even if she has to separate herself from Scarlett but it appears Tasha gets hurt by Scarlett’s and sparrow’s stupidity as she’s blamed for Scarlett’s decisions...
Her life is ruined and Scarlett’s been living a luxurious life through it all...
I officially hate everyone for hurting Tasha and allowing things to happen to her. This whole Sparrow and Scarlett situation is some BS....
It’s a bit stupid that as powerful and ruthless sparrow is he and Scarlett sure do a lousy job of protecting and having guard on Tasha. Like how did all of this happen to her if he was supposed to be protecting her based on the contract??...
More Chapters Please...
I thought it said 10 chapters a day??? It’s been like 2-3 days and no update after chapter 574. The release time is so inconsistent, I have started to just loose interest....
Just find Tasha and get her some help. How did she have sparrow’s men watching her if she really cared so much. Scarlett’s character is so suspect…...
Storyline is interesting it’s just so much sexual content I have to skip through just find out the main context of the story....