A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 35:

A resounding slap echoed throughout the banquet hall, silencing everyone instantly.

All eyes were wide with disbelief, unable to comprehend the spectacle they had just witnessed.

This evening had turned into quite the revelation.

Belinda, known for her elegance and composure as Kristopher’s wife, not only voiced her complaints and declared her intention to divorce, but she also… slapped Maggie across the face, leaving behind a vivid red mark!

The women who had earlier mingled with Belinda were completely taken aback.

Could this really be the same Mrs. Cox, who was always the epitome of grace and wore a constant, gentle smile?

Maggie, hand pressed to her stinging cheek, turned to Belinda with eyes brimming with shock. How could she dare slap her?

“Maggie!”

Cathy, jolted from her daze, hurried over, a look of concern etched on her face as she reached for Maggie’s stinging cheek. “Are you alright? Is it very painful?”

Maggie, now visibly reacting to the pain, gripped her face tighter, her lip quivering as she fought back tears. “Yes, it hurts! It really hurts! Not even my own parents have ever hit me like this!”

of the Cox family, Maggie had led a sheltered life, never once

more, her tone laced with

“Bitch!”

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at a distance when she lost her

raised to strike. “How dare you hit my Maggie? Are you

when Rosie became emotional while berating Belinda, she could have resorted to

always silently absorbed these outbursts, acting as if they had never

time

agilely sidestepped

If not for Kristopher’s quick reflexes in grabbing her arm, the table

a furious look, her face flushed

told you, I’m not putting up

was cold, cutting

a frown creasing his forehead, feeling an odd twinge in his

evident that she meant every

was resolute about divorcing him and severing

bar the other night, she had looked at

and felt a brief happiness, thinking she