Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 184 Slapping

The ambulance had just pulled away with Mabel inside, sirens still wailing in the

distance, when Gordon stormed out of the house, his face dark with fury. But the

moment he spotted Caroline standing outside, her expression tense with worry,

his stride faltered. He looked like he was about to speak when a trembling, tearful

voice called out behind him.

"Paige, please don't cry... no one wanted this to happen..."

Caroline didn't even look at the woman behind him. Her gaze stayed locked on

Gordon's, voice flat and even as she asked, "Grandma fainted again. Was it

because of her?"

Gordon met her icy stare and felt a chill ripple through him, the kind that didn't

care whether mountains fell or the sky collapsed. Even he, who had once stared

down corporate titans, flinched. "Carol..."

But she didn't wait for his response. She stepped past him and walked straight

toward the house.

Right then, Paige appeared in the doorway, leaning on Giselle's arm for support.

The moment she saw Caroline, her face twisted with rage. "Caroline! Look at the

kind of man you've brought home! If anything happens to my mother, you'll spend

the rest of your life drowning in guilt-"

Her tirade was cut off by a sharp crack. The slap landed hard

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and fast, a sharp crack slicing through the air.

Meanwhile, Giselle shrieked in shock.

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Caroline hadn't held back in the slightest. Five vivid red welts bloomed across

Paige's once-pristine, carefully-maintained cheek.

She didn't so much as glance at her stinging palm. Her eyes stayed locked on

Paige's stunned face, her own porcelain features darkened by something vicious,

something just shy of feral. "Paige Reed," she said, voice like glass, "I'm warning

you! My family is where I draw the line!"

Paige blinked in disbelief. Slowly, she turned her face back to center, glaring at

Caroline like she'd just been jolted out of a coma. Her eyes rolled a little and then

finally landed on Gordon, who had stepped up behind Caroline.

She let out a choked, guttural cry. "Gordon! Did you see that? Did you hear what

she just said? This is your precious little daughter!"

with his back

word, he turned and

back. Just headed straight for his car and drove to

frozen, her

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to Giselle. The woman jumped, releasing

took a step back. Her wide eyes trembled with fear,

gave her a mocking smile

Her voice dripped venom as she called after her,

you'll end up six

Caroline turned back around.

at her without blinking, her voice

"You're just like your mother. No one ever liked either of you.

for good years

There came another slap.

and covered her face

out of control.

stumbled backward, her face burning with humiliation. She was used

and obeyed, not hit- and definitely not twice. The

made a mistake. She forgot that Caroline was no longer the

shove aside without consequence.

little girl had

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now, face-to-face, Paige couldn't hold her

you!" she

But no one cared.

entire Ashbourne Manor was silent, as if her rage echoed

could hear was her own ragged

her. "Don't be mad.

house, but the only reply was

overhead.

twenty staff worked in Ashbourne Manor, but

vanished, choosing to stand back and

treated them kindly,

even though Paige had once

Mabel into the hospital too many times.

need to

slaps Caroline delivered? They were cathartic.

frustration they had never dare

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Gordon hadn't reprimanded Caroline only

his eyes,

with Mabel in the ambulance.

eyes, that

him before. It always delivered. But this

He couldn't relax until he

happens when

the hospital first. When

for a split second.

said, "Mr. Gordon Ashbourne, she's going to be

worry."

Alban twitched at the formal "Mr.

got it. Alistair hadn't done anything wrong.

as family. Why make a fool of himself

otherwise?

he no longer had to

didn't have to act like he

nod. He looked surprised to

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