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.

to check. "Even if I hit you a little harder, I couldn't break your arm with

your slap was that

when you're wearing such a thick coat?" Clarissa was skeptical,

spot where Clarissa had slapped Kathryn

small mark, Kathryn screamed

arm again, this time with real force, making Kathryn

lie to me," Clarissa scolded. "If I don't twist it redder, it wouldn't match those pig-like screams

she tossed Kathryn's coat back to her. "Put it on, don't

her coat, and said, "Mom, you're

snorted twice, left her, and

Kathryn quickly followed. Once the mother and daughter left the house, a few people upstairs peeked down

was Holden and his

pig-like screams had woken them

on. Once they realized it was just

dare to peek until the two had gone