Chapter 9 Another Trap.

The room instantly fell silent after the slap. Skylar stared wide-eyed at the scene, while the men behind Zacharie were too shocked to react.

Amelie herself was surprised. She had not meant to slap the man, her palm had moved on its own accord.

Suddenly, Zacharie looked at her and his face was grim. She flinched upon seeing this and some part of her began regretting her action, however, the other side of her fought hard against that other side, refusing to allow her fear to win.

Zacharie had disrespected her. Those words he had said and those absurd *ssumptions he had made were all way too over the line.

Who was he to say that she had an affair with that greasy old Dylan White just for money? He didn’t know the full story and had no right to judge!

This was just one out of the many reasons why she'd much rather be fed the dishes than stand by and allow him to spill such nonsense!

And if there was one thing she had learned well in recent years, it would be that quietly tolerating insul