Chapter 9
His eyes were wide with shock and so were mine, I couldn't believe I'd just done that. I'd never hit anyone in my life.
Even with all the anger and hurt I'd felt toward Nathan over the years, I'd never raised a hand to him.
But something inside me had snapped that made my hand had moved before my brain could catch up.
Nathan turned his head slowly to face me again, the red mark on my cheek was already darkening, his eyes were burning with an intensity I'd never seen before and I couldn't tell if it was rage or something else entirely.
"Did you just," he started, his voice deadly quiet.
"Yes," I cut him off and I was surprised by how steady my voice came out, how calm I sounded when everything inside me was chaos. "I did and you deserved it."
My hand was still raised betwee
