From Ruin She Rose novel Chapter 261

Chapter 261

The moment Gale spotted Emily, he didn’t say a single word, and he just stormed over and raised his hand to strike. Seeing the fury in his eyes, Emily frowned and, without even thinking, sidestepped out of the way.

Gale’s slap missed. He froze for a second, then his anger exploded. “You actually dared to dodge?”

Emily thought that was just plain stupid. ‘What, was I supposed to just stand there and let him slap me?’ she scoffed inwardly.

Back when she’d just gotten out of St. Gabriel Reform Academy, Emily probably wouldn’t have dared to dodge. Because if she did, she’d only get beaten harder for it. But she was out of there, and she’d never let those people shackle her again.

Jackson and the others put their lives on the line to get her out of that place. They didn’t do it so she could spend the rest of her life trapped in the shadow of that hellhole. So, Emily stayed far away from Gale.

But seeing her dodge only pushed Gale over the edge. Without thinking, he ripped off his belt. “You damn brat! Let’s see where you think you can hide now.” With that, he raised the belt and charged straight at Emily.

Gale’s outburst came so fast that Emily didn’t even have time to react, and his belt lashed across her shoulder, the blow vicious and merciless.

The crack of leather on Emily’s shoulder was sharp and jarring, so loud that even through the phone, Austin felt like his own heart had just been whipped.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Austin walked straight out the door. His face was frosted over with coldness, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Every single one of the Bennett family deserves to die!’ he thought.

Emily didn’t make a sound despite the burning pain in her shoulder as she dodged the next swing of the belt.

Based on what Austin had just told her, she had a pretty good idea of what had set Gale off, but she still didn’t know the full

story.

This was the Bennett residence, and Charles was still upstairs. She didn’t want to make a scene.

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