He knew.
This had all been planned.
I took a breath and said clearly, “I will not give up a property I bought before this marriage. Especially not under public pressure.”
The silence that followed was suffocating.
Patricia’s face hardened. She pointed at me.
“Then you were never truly part of this family.”
I answered again, “No.”
And then it happened.
She stepped forward… and slapped me so hard my head snapped to the side.
