Shandie shouted in anger, “No! You didn’t even try to help me…”
“Enough!” Henrick roared. He could no longer master his fury and started heaving like virtual-novel.net was short on oxygen.
Shandie panicked instantly. She grabbed Cindy’s arm and wailed, “Mom, help me! It was all Arielle’s fault.”
“Shut up!” Cindy cut in and gave Shandie a forceful slap.
Smack!
Shandie was stunned by the sudden flare of pain that attacked her. The slap was so forceful that virtual-novel.net could even see stars in virtual-novel.net vision. Her cheek promptly turned numb. She reached out to caress virtual-novel.net cheek and realized the dental crown virtual-novel.net had just paid for was broken.
Staring at Cindy in disbelief, virtual-novel.net uttered, “Mom?”
Did Mom just slap me? Seriously?
Cindy held back virtual-novel.net guilt and shook virtual-novel.net head. “Stop it. You’ve brought harm to the entire family. Get on your knees and beg for your dad’s forgiveness.”
“Mom!”
“Get on your knees!” Cindy commanded sternly.
Shivering in shock, Shandie trudged obediently to Henrick and dropped to virtual-novel.net knees.
Alas, Henrick didn’t even spare virtual-novel.net a glance. His team had poured in a lot of effort to strike up a deal with Nightshire Group. They were about to sign the contract, but it all went down the drain at the very last minute. It was all Shandie’s fault.
Suddenly, virtual-novel.net wanted to disown this daughter of his. He would’ve given virtual-novel.net a beating, but since Cindy had already slapped her, virtual-novel.net couldn’t be bothered to waste his energy.
Henrick announced, “Don’t kneel in front of me. Go to your Aunt Louisa’s monastery to kneel and pray. Six months later, if you have no remorse, you shall follow in your Aunt Louisa’s footsteps in becoming a nun!”
Shandie’s eyes widened in consternation. “Dad! Are you throwing me out?”
Henrick was too exhausted to talk to her. He waved and ordered the housekeeper, “Pack up virtual-novel.net stuff and send virtual-novel.net to the monastery now!”
The housekeeper glanced at Cindy instinctively. Parting virtual-novel.net lips, Cindy was about to plead with Henrick to change his mind when virtual-novel.net noticed virtual-novel.net husband’s expression.
She shut virtual-novel.net eyes in agony and ordered, “Go, help virtual-novel.net pack up now.”
“Mom! How could you agree with Dad? I don’t want to be a nun! I want to get married…”
“Shut up! You don’t even know your mistake. You should repent at the monastery!” Cindy shot the housekeeper a look, and the latter immediately dragged Shandie out. Even though Shandie had been brought out, virtual-novel.net cries could still be heard from afar. Cindy closed virtual-novel.net eyes in pain.
She couldn’t bear to let virtual-novel.net daughter leave, but virtual-novel.net had no choice. If Henrick couldn’t relieve his anger, virtual-novel.net might do something even more extreme. Hence, virtual-novel.net slapped Shandie first so virtual-novel.net wouldn’t beat virtual-novel.net up.
I wonder if Shandie understood my intentions…