Joaquin was still drunk, and his mind felt slow and heavy under the influence of alcohol.

He boldly wagged a finger at Gwendolyn and proclaimed in a slurred voice, “What is the meaning of this? Who are you? I don’t know you!”

His words angered Gwendolyn.

This boy needs to be put in his place!

She looked around the room, but there was no suitable item to punish him with. Then, she glanced at the belt around Cedrick’s waist.

Cedrick followed her gaze and immediately knew what she was thinking.

“No!” He frowned and shook his head firmly.

Gwendolyn thought about it again, but she did not change her mind. She turned her eyes to Nico who was standing by the door and said to him, “Your belt, give it to me.”

“Huh?” Nico was confused by her strange sudden request.

He looked at Cedrick but found no answer there either.

He had no choice but to unfasten his belt and hand it over to Gwendolyn.

Right before he gave the belt to her, a realization hit him. “Are you intending to punish this boy? That’s hard labor! You’ll be tired from the whipping! Let me do it! I’m good at it!”

Gwendolyn agreed. “Hit him hard. Make sure he feels pain, but don’t injure him too badly.”

“Roger!”

Nico rolled up his sleeves and turned to face Joaquin, and started laughing to himself. He approached Joaquin with a poker face and cracked his belt in an enthusiastic greeting.

Snap!

The snap of the belt meeting Joaquin’s exposed skin kept ringing through the air.

“Ouch! It hurts! It hurts! Stop hitting me!” Joaquin howled.

curled up into a fetal position. He writhed around the floor, trying to avoid

around the floor in pain. His mind cleared

Gwendolyn! I’m sober

Gwendolyn over his shoulders. She nodded at him. He immediately ceased his whipping and looped the belt back

a nearby couch, looking down

send you back to the Zipper

his sore body and

up immediately and said, “Gwendolyn!

of her chest and

to get two days off! I went out for drinks with a few friends. Is that such a bad thing? Does it really justify handing

days off, and you were drunk

Joaquin nodded, unashamed. “Yes!”

to ice. She pulled out her phone, searched for the trending

bored. His expression gradually turned to

the past two days! I swear I didn’t

up until then, spoke up and said, “It’s not enough for her

career, the Zipper family name, and Angle? We’re all

Gwendolyn and his grandfather who wanted to hit him, he wanted

ran his hands through his hair in a gesture of anger and

motion hiked up his sleeves, revealing the red marks

this to me? Who dares to ruin

outburst and did

straight and allowed a disastrous incident

people in the room merely watched

while, Cedrick broke the silence and said, “You must think carefully about who it might be. It must be someone who’s close to you. Who invited you out for drinks? Who sat at the table

“I-I…” Joaquin stammered.

more agitated. “I don’t really

at his weak answer. “Keep whipping him until he remembers!” she

and

hands

ruthless. He dealt one strike after another

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