certainly donât know what the hell your problem is,â he said. âBut let me say thisâ¦you have crossed over into territory that you donât want to be in. If you want to keep getting at me like some kind of gangbanger, I will feel threatened. And if I feel threatened, that means, woman or not, you will find yourself knocked out cold on the fucking floor behind you. From this moment on, you need to think carefully about how you get at me.â
He turned around and started straightening his things again. In no way did I view this fool as a man who would put his hands on a woman or hurt her. He looked too soft and his appearance showed that he was some kind of uppity nerd that would probably run home to tell his mama about me hurting his feelings. I was so annoyed by his sharp tone, by the way he kept looking at me, and because he had bumped my shoulder and still hadnât apologized for it. Not to mention that he had just threatened me. That was why I couldnât let this fool get away with what heâd done.
I tapped his shoulder to confront him again, and he swung around with madness visible in his eyes. Without any warning, he reached out his hand and gripped it around my neck. After that, several things happened and my entire body shut down. My breathing halted and my blood felt as if it had stopped flowing. I could not move, and I could barely see from the tears in my eyes clouding my vision. When I tried to turn my neck, he strengthened his grip and that was it for me. I felt hypnotized, and I was now in his command.
âNow that I have your attention,â he said with a slow nod. âAnd I do have your attention, donât I?â
I followed suit and slowly nodded because he had added even more pressure to my neck when he squeezed tighter.
âGood. But now that I do have it, I want you to listen up and keep your big mouth shut. Can you do that for me?â
More pressure, so I slowly nodded again.
âI love progress, even when it has to be forced upon those who donât always know better. You do know better, donât you?â
I nodded again and all he did was smirk.
âI thought so, but in case you donât, I want to share a few things with you, just so we donât get off on the wrong foot while weâre here. My name is Jaylin Rogers and you shall not refer tome as anything else. Iâm a straight man, and I do not take bullshit from others too lightly. I will make yo ass pay for fucking with me, and if you feel as though you canât control yourself when youâre around me, then I suggest that you keep distance between us. Because the next time you interrupt me with your bullshit, the punishment will be nothing like this. What I will do to you will hurt, and the last thing I want to do is go around hurting women. Maybe with my dick, but surely not with my hands.â
At that moment, he snatched his hand back and it seemed that my whole body started functioning again. I could breathe, I could move my mouth and my blood was pumping. Iron Man turned back around, ignoring me again. I opened my mouth wide to suck in air I had lost, and I rubbed my neck, making sure it was still there. I didnât know if I had been unconscious or not, and it felt like he had done some type of voodoo shit on me. That was so messed up, but I had to let him know that his actions werenât cool. This time, I didnât tap his shoulder and I preferred to keep my distance.
âUh, excuse me, but what in the hell did you just do to me? Please donât ever put your hands on me again, and if you think that a chokehold is going to silence me, you are sadly mistaken.â
âI swear, some muthafucking hoes prefer to learn things the hard way,â he said, shaking his head, but not turning around. When I looked up and saw another chick waiting to put her things in the closet, I stormed out of it. I was further away from him, so I felt safe talking back and