Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 227

Chapter 227

“Please, Seraphine. Please do not release that video. I am begging you. Please.”

“You slapped me,” she said, her voice flat. “You slapped me in front of everyone. Do you remember that, Pat? Do you remember how you humiliated me?”

“I remember. I am sorry. I am so sorry.”

“Then show me you are sorry. Slap yourself. Ten times. Hard. And I will forgive you.”

I raised my hand. My palm hovered in front of my face, trembling, and I thought about how far I had fallen, how low I had sunk, how this woman had broken me down to nothing. I slapped myself. The sound cracked through the empty parking lot, sharp and loud, and my cheek stung where my palm had landed.

“That was not hard enough,” she said. “That one does not count. Start over.”

I slapped myself again. Harder. The impact jolted through my jaw, and I felt the heat bloom across my skin. I slapped myself a third time, a fourth, a fifth, each strike harder than the last, my cheeks burning, my eyes watering, my hand leaving red marks across my face. By the tenth slap, I could feel the swelling, the tenderness, the shame settling into my bones like a sickness.

“Are you happy now?” I whispered, my voice hoarse. “Will you delete the video?”

She laughed, that same cold, musical laugh that made me want to claw her eyes out. “You are still so naive, Pat. So foolish. Did you really think that would be enough? Did you really think a few slaps would make me forget everything you have done to me?”

“What else do you want from me?”

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