Madeline grabbed a handful of her hair. Liliana screamed so loud she nearly passed out, just as Madeline delivered a brutal slap across her face.
The hit was incredibly forceful.
Liliana's cheek swelled up instantly.
Liliana was stunned. She couldn't believe how agonizing the pain was.
Terror seized her. "Madeline, I'm sorry... Please don't..."
Before she could finish, another vicious slap landed.
"Ah!" Liliana wailed in misery. "How could you..."
Madeline sneered.
"I'm hitting you because you deserve it!"
"I've put up with you for far too long!"
"Let me tell you exactly why I have the right to put you in your place. I am Madeline Monroe. I am Lucius's lawful wife and the matriarch of the Whitman family! Are those enough reasons for you? And what are you? You're nothing but a homewrecker, and you have the audacity to run your mouth in front of me? You must have a death wish!"
...
Trembling all over, Liliana wept uncontrollably from the pain.
One resounding slap after another left her face terribly swollen.
A full ten strikes landed as she screamed and wailed in agony.
She had never been punished like this in her life.
Finally, the barrage ended.
She was still shrieking, though her cries had dissolved into an unintelligible babble of Lucius's name. Her face was completely numb.
The overlapping, angry red handprints on her skin were shocking to look at.
Sobbing, she wondered where the hell Lucius was.

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