Chapter 23:

The sound erupted the room for a brief second, Emma froze, her eyes staring at the woman, before she squinted them gently.

She recognized her.

Emma freaking recognized the woman.

She was the woman that Jason had talked to so happily that day, she remembered, The woman was talking to her son so joyfully, and now she was same woman slapping Jeremy, was something amiss?

Violet panted heavily, her chest heaving up a bit in panic. "You bought a Roberts to your house?" Her voice was cold, irrespective of the love she had for her own son, his behavior was outrageous, she had warned him several times to stay away from the Roberts, but, he wouldn't listen.

"Mother." He was calm, even after getting slapped from his own mother. "Leave."

Violet widened her eyes, bobbing her eyes a bit, his voice was cold, she had never seen him act so coldly to her. He respected her, cherished her, and now, he was asking her to leave?

She lowered her hand a bit, and that was when she realized that she had slapped