No One’s Lackey

The hallway led to a flight of ten stairs, each riser having its own tag on it. The dim light changed to a mixture of purple and green.

"Joker vibes much?" I muttered under my breath, causing the man in front of us to spin around and stare at me.

"You might want to get your bitch to keep her mouth shut," he sneered, looking at Liu Yu Zeng. My man simply raised his eyebrow in return. 

"You might want to keep your mouth shut instead and never speak to or about my wife in that way again," replied Liu Yu Zeng with a smirk on his face. I chuckled as I watched the man turn a sickening shade of green, or maybe it was a result of the lighting. I couldn't be too sure.

"I will put up with it, but the higher-ups will never accept her disrespect," he pressed, not wanting to be seen backing down but also not wanting to start anything either.