Married at First Sight novel (Serenity and Zachary York)

Kathryn was mocked by Clarissa, but her expression remained unchanged. She said, "You're my mother, of course I care about you. No matter how you treat me, I will always care."

Clarissa responded, "How have I treated you badly? Haven't I been good to you? If you weren't my biological daughter, based on what you've done, you wouldn't deserve to live, even if you had nine lives like a cat."

Kathryn replied, "Yes, Mom, I should thank you for not killing me."

Clarissa couldn't help but slap Kathryn on the arm.

"Ouch." Kathryn deliberately screamed in pain, then covered the spot where Clarissa slapped her and squatted down.

Her reaction startled Clarissa.

Staring at Kathryn, Clarissa said, "I just slapped you, could I have broken your arm? You're screaming so loudly, like a pig being slaughtered."

"It hurts! It hurts so much!" Kathryn exclaimed.

She didn't respond further, just kept holding the spot and crying out in pain.

down to check. "Even if I hit you a little harder, I couldn't break your arm with one slap, and I haven't practiced

said, "You may not think your slap was that

when you're wearing such a thick coat?" Clarissa was skeptical, but still took off Kathryn's coat and pushed up her sleeves to

where Clarissa had

screamed loudly, clearly

this time with real force,

me," Clarissa scolded. "If I

tossed Kathryn's coat back to her.

you're so

snorted twice, left

Once the mother and daughter left the house, a

was Holden and his

had

realized it was just the mother and daughter, they silently agreed not to go downstairs, instead hiding and

dare to peek until the two had gone