Love on the Fast Track (Derek and Norah)

Chapter 681:

Suddenly, she let go of Dolores’s chin and slapped her sharply across the face.

“Now, I admit I slapped you.”

The pain from the slap didn’t register with Dolores until after it had happened. With a cry of agony, tears began to stream down her face as she spun around and buried her face in Marlin’s chest.

“Marlin, she slapped me!” she sobbed.

The slap, delivered forcefully in front of everyone—and particularly in front of Marlin—felt like an affront to him as well. Norah had locked eyes with Marlin as she struck Dolores, leaving him puzzled and unable to decipher the complex emotions behind her gaze.

The crowd was left in stunned silence after Norah’s swift, precise slap. Dolores turned around, the red imprint on her face now slightly swollen.

Norah wiped the foundation from her hand

I

shifted to Marlin, piercing him

heard your comments. There’s no need

the place for

to

clear she wanted nothing more to do with the

eyes sparkled with admiration. Norah was magnificent! The unfolding drama seemed to confirm her suspicions that Dolores was scheming and harboring

added, “Norah, let me

voice halted them. “Did I give you permission

tone was icy, his anger palpable, radiating a pressure that made the bystanders