Chapter 12. The Slap

"I can’t have any marks on me since I’m going to see Malena tomorrow night." He says to himself.

He tried to move her again but she did not budge. "He’s imagining Malena seeing the hickey and breaking up with him."

Imagining that, anger flared inside him, and he lost his temper. He pushed her and hit her hard on the cheek and her head slammed on the headboard.

"Stop it!" He yells, his hand on her neck while the other is about to hit her again.

She was shaken and looked at him in disbelief. The man stares back at her with a deranged look on his face, he emanates a cold and dangerous aura that if she did something wrong he would snap her neck.

He heard the loud thud of her head slamming on the headboard and when he looked at her, her cheek was red and a visible palm print could be seen.

He was taken aback by what he had done and felt silent.

After a long, awkward moment, he says,"I didn’t mean it." He sighed deeply.

"I can’t have marking