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.

"Even if I hit you a little harder, I couldn't break

not think your slap was that strong,

skeptical, but still took off Kathryn's coat and pushed up her sleeves

where Clarissa had slapped Kathryn

screamed

again, this time with real force, making Kathryn scream like a pig

scolded. "If I don't twist it redder, it wouldn't match those

back to her. "Put it on,

her coat, and said, "Mom, you're so cruel, twisting my arm that hard- it hurts so

left her,

and daughter left the house, a few people upstairs peeked down the

and his

pig-like screams had woken them from

something had happened, the four of them rushed out to see what was going on. Once they realized it was just the

peek until the two had