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.

for a moment, then squatted down to check. "Even if I hit you a little harder, I couldn't break

think your slap was that strong,

coat?" Clarissa was skeptical, but still took off Kathryn's

had slapped Kathryn was

this small mark, Kathryn screamed loudly, clearly doing it on

real force, making Kathryn scream like a pig

told you not to lie to me," Clarissa scolded. "If I don't twist it redder,

she tossed Kathryn's coat back to her. "Put

and said, "Mom, you're

snorted twice, left

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

Holden and his three

screams had woken them from their

what was going on. Once they realized it was just the mother and daughter, they silently agreed not to go downstairs,

until the