Apology

Lord Frederick’s POV

I didn’t know when I lost control, and my hand landed on her face. It was something I had never done and would never do in my right senses. I lost control of myself and didn’t realize I had lifted my hand on her.

At first, she was stunned by the slap as she held on to the part of her cheek I had hit. She lifted her gaze to hold mine, and I realized her eyes were filled with tears. Just the sight of that broke me into a thousand pieces, and all the anger in me vanished away and was replaced with guilt.

“Aurora…” I tried calling as I took a step closer to her, but she shook her head as a strand of tears fell on her cheek. “You have no right to hit me, you have no fucking right.” She cried out and ran up the stairs.

For a moment, I didn’t move. Instead, I just stood at the spot as guilt and pain washed over me. I didn’t believe I had lifted my head on Aurora. I could do anything to her, but not hit her; she was my precious little girl.

“Damn it!” I grunted and clim