Chapter 24| Anguish

Jaws clenched, muscles tense, he looked at her ravaged state with fury in his eyes. Those grey eyes that once used to reflect affection and care for her were now filled with hatred and anger. An intimidating smirk adorned his face as he wiped the blood near his lips with his thumb. Kevin looked at the blood smudged on his thumb and then he looked at her. Angrily. Furiously. Bitterly.

She didn't just slap him, she slapped his manly ego which he valued the most. And they say a man's ego is as fragile as a woman's heart and there's no way Kevin would let this matter slip. Forget this insult. Her rejection.

Nobody has ever raised their voice while talking to him and the girl he thought was naive and innocent slapped him in front of everyone. He's shaking in wrath.

Just because she was a woman he was holding himself from hitting her or doing something far worse. They both looked at each other silently holding each other's gaze for a few seconds. Her teary eyes had disgust for him while the