Chapter 57

A crisp slap landed on Nathan’s face. It was so forceful that Nathan’s face turned to the

side.

Caroline’s palm became numb as she had exerted all her force to hit Nathan. She thought she should have slapped him last night when he forced himself onto her.

Nathan’s expression turned frosty. That was the first time a woman had slapped him.

He put his tongue against his right cheek, which Caroline had just slapped. Nathan slowly turned his face back toward her as he glared at the latter with hostility, like he would eat her alive.

“How dare she?” Nathan cursed inwardly.

“You!” he said angrily.

Caroline put her face in front of Nathan. “Hit me, Mr. Faraday. You’re such a big shot who can even make me disappear from Yarwood just by your words. You can torture me any way you want!”

A fierce hostility rose within Nathan’s body. He had never been so forgiving toward a woman, thinking, “Her behavior is getting more and more daring now! Yes. I have a lot of ways to torture her as I did to Shirley, but…”

Upon looking at Caroline’s fragile face and watery eyes, Nathan couldn’t bear to use those tricks on her. After all, she used to be his woman. It was impossible for him to not have compassion toward her.

that, Nathan stormed away angrily.

he slammed the gate of Penningcoll Residence shut before

away.

so much, so she

a call from the Sullivan residence. Francesca had requested for her to return for

the power of the Sullivan family was still in the hands of Francesca, and the first and second branches were fighting

she heard Francesca scold, “You’re embarrassing, Shirley! Why did you become an

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dumped by him? You’ve disgraced the Sullivan

unhappily. They thought, “What old man. is she talking about? That man is the head of the Faraday family,

and Nathan because Connor had stolen Caroline’s emerald two years ago and showed

got married secretly to Nathan. She was not allowed to reveal the news of her marriage to anyone.

satisfied with the marriage in the past two years. She had thought she had married an illegitimate child and asked Caroline to marry

unraveled after

calm down. Let’s drink some

home. Next Friday, the head of the Faraday family, Nathan, would officially take his

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