“Sophie, fucking stop it.” He jerks me hard, shuddering my mouth to snap shut, and I bite my lip, flinching as pain shoots through my face. It stuns me into a moment of submission that sees him let me go, and I realize there are a few feet between us all now, and Miranda starts waving and clapping her hands in sarcasm from far behind. I turn on him, slap him in the chest, shove, and hit him in shocked frustration as he bats me off and gets pissed at me for the backlash.

“Take her ...