Billionaire Ex-wife: I Can't Live Without You

Chapter 1472

“She’s been wronged?” Effie scoffed, her anger boiling over as she slapped him across the face.

“You foolish child! Can’t you see through her tricks? You still feel sorry for her? This infuriates me! If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you’ll probably fall for this wretch again!”

She grabbed him by the ear once more and pushed him out of the room.

Then, she requested the whip that Rickey usually used to punish Valerie.

Soon, a blood-curdling scream echoed through the yard.

Declan dodged desperately, pleading for mercy.

Valerie listened intently, her face now serious.

She hadn’t expected Effie to catch her with Declan.

her even more closely from now on, subjecting her to harsher treatment

she needed to be patient and play by their rules for a while,

help, she could

was violently flung open, Effie

uttering a single word, Effie shoved her into the yard, leaving

Valerie

Whoosh!

lash sent her crashing to the ground with

recovered from the pain

the recent incident had only fueled Rickey to unleash

was no respite, no chance to catch her breath

and again,

clutched her head

that she could hardly think straight, her mind consumed by

drifted to Atticus