My Husband's Betrayal My Brothers' Revenge (Rebekah) novel Chapter 102

Caught off guard, Rebekah was hit by several of Shawn's blocks. Her skin was delicate, and small bruises quickly began to form on her arms.

By the time she managed to dodge, Hortensia had lunged forward, grabbing a fistful of her hair and dragging her inside. "You are going to get on your knees and apologize to Candice right now!"

"That's right! Apologize to Miss Candice!" Shawn echoed. "You're a bad woman! You went too far this time!"

Rebekah felt as if her scalp was being torn from her head. Her mother-in-law didn't release her until she'd been dragged all the way to Candice's room. By then, tears of pain were welling in her eyes.

"Well? Apologize to her!" Hortensia snarled.

Thrown to the floor, Rebekah looked up to see Candice propped up against the headboard, with Benjamin perched on the edge of the bed, glaring down at her with undisguised hatred.

When Rebekah remained silent, her mother-in-law raised a foot to kick her. This time, however, Rebekah was ready. As the foot swung toward her, she scrambled backward. The kick missed, and the older woman's momentum sent her stumbling forward. With a cry of, "Oof!" she lost her balance and collapsed onto the floor.

"Grandma!"

"Mom!"

Both Benjamin and Shawn rushed to help her up. Rebekah, meanwhile, pushed herself to her feet and watched the three of them with a cold, detached stare.

"Rebekah! Have you lost your mind? Now you're attacking my mother?" Benjamin snapped after checking that his mother was unharmed, his eyes blazing with fury.

"Rebekah!" Hortensia forgot her own fall and rushed to scoop Shawn into her arms, cooing, "Oh, my sweet boy, my precious grandson."

After making sure Shawn wasn't seriously hurt, Benjamin turned to Rebekah, his face dark. "He's your son. How could you do that to him?"

"So what if he's my son? He was trying to attack me. Am I not allowed to defend myself?" Rebekah's voice was like ice. "If I could do it all over again, I would never have given birth to such a heartless child."

Her frigid words left both Benjamin and Shawn stunned. They had never, ever heard her speak with such venom. It hit Shawn particularly hard. He'd often declared he didn't want her as a mother, but he had never imagined a day when she would say she didn't want him—that she regretted even having him.

He forgot about the bump on his head and looked up at his mother, only to be met with a gaze he'd never seen before—as if she were looking at a stranger. Panic seized him, but he was young and proud. Even if he was terrified she might actually abandon him, he refused to show it.