All Chapters of The Billionaire's Rebellious Bride: Chapter 51

(SANTINO’S POV)I still can’t believe she slapped me.Even now, as I walk down the quiet hallway toward my home office with Marcus beside me, I can still feel the faint sting on my cheek. It’s not sharp anymore more like a warm tingle. But it is enough to remind me of how her palm connected with my face, how her eyes were blazing, how she stood her ground like she wasn’t terrified of me, like she wasn’t the girl who used to tremble around me.She slapped me.Hailey.Slapped me.The shock from it clings to me like a second skin.But more shocking than the slap itself is the truth sitting heavily inside my chest that I needed it. That the slap woke me up. Like someone ripped a blindfold off my eyes and let light burst into a dark room.For days, I have been moving like a man trapped under water slow, heavy, confused, scared. I haven’t been handling anything like the man I am supposed to be. I have been sulking, hiding, letting fear crawl under my skin and take control of my decisions.