He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 108

She looked back at Stellan, a wave of intense confusion washing over her.

Who was this man? Why had she never seen him before?

He had just referred to Scarlett as "Ms. Langley." Why the immense respect?

A million questions swirled in Corinne's head, but before she could voice a single one, a massive hand materialized out of nowhere, delivering a thunderous slap directly across her face.

The impact was deafening, the sheer force throwing her entire body sideways onto the ground.

She shrieked in shock, but the sound was immediately drowned out by the rapid, echoing cracks of slaps ringing out beside her.

Gwen and Sylvia had already been terrorized into submission, frantically slapping themselves across the face as hard as they could.

Corinne clutched her burning cheek, screaming hysterically.

"You... have you all lost your minds?! This is a hospital! Director! Director, get out here! They're trying to murder us!"

Suddenly, a brutal grip tangled into her immaculately styled hair, wrenching her head back so violently her scalp screamed in agony.

She looked up and found Stellan's pale, emotionless face inches from hers, his eyes cold enough to freeze hell over.

"Corinne, you clearly don't grasp the gravity of your situation."

"Every single man standing here is no stranger to getting blood on their hands. Two hundred and four slaps, or your life. Make your choice."

Stellan's murderous aura was suffocating. Under his terrifying gaze, Corinne's entire body went entirely limp, turning to jelly.

Desperately choking back her sobs, she finally accepted her fate, raising both hands and violently slapping her own cheeks in a rapid, self-punishing rhythm.

Heartbroken, Talia rushed forward and gently took Scarlett's arm, instinctively reaching up to check her face.

The moment Talia's finger made the lightest contact, Scarlett flinched sharply.

"Talia, don't touch it. It hurts."

Talia nodded frantically. "Okay, okay. Let's get you back inside right now. I need to put some ointment on that swelling, or your face is going to be permanently scarred."

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