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.

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

think your slap was that strong,

Clarissa was skeptical, but still took off Kathryn's coat and pushed

Clarissa had slapped Kathryn was

small mark, Kathryn screamed loudly, clearly

Kathryn's arm again, this time with real force, making Kathryn scream

lie to me," Clarissa scolded. "If I don't twist

up, she tossed Kathryn's coat back to her. "Put it on,

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

left her, and

on her coat, Kathryn quickly followed. Once the mother and daughter left the house, a few people

was Holden and

loud, pig-like screams had

the four of them rushed out to see what was going on. Once they realized it was just the mother

dare to peek until the two had gone