Blind Date Turned Proposal

“Summer, mind your words!” Mark could not stand listening to how she talked and slammed his walking stick against the floor.

It was not the first time Summer had shamed Laura this way. If Laura had not married Zach, she would never believe that her once close friend had such a foul mouth. However, Laura had experienced it so often that she had long become numb.

Perhaps Summer has never regarded me as a friend since the beginning

“Did I say something wrong?” Summer turned to Zach and asked earnestly.

Zach’s expression was livid. He suppressed his anger and muttered, “Summer, you’ve gone too far

I’ve gone too far? All I did was say a few words. Does this mean you care about her?” Summer raised her head arrogantly. “If you do, why do you drag her to the basement daily to hit her?”

Zach’s expression twisted with fury.

Laura trembled again.

Everyone in the Olsen family knew about Zach’s abuse. However, no one talked about it in the open.

People looked at her with either pity or mockery. Laura felt like she was the family’s punching bag, and anyone could take their anger out on her. She had never suffered as much as she did now.

downstairs with a

Weren’t you tough before this? You even dared to run away from home I guess you helped Josie because she begged

her

Summer even more. She recalled how Liana, her biological older

slapped Laura without warning.

slap rang loud and clear throughout

for a while.

Summer’s wrist firmly and shoved her to the side. Even hitting another person’s dog requires the owner’s

the constant humiliation Tears fell from her eyes. She immediately turned around and ran

hit me?” Summer looked at Zach in disbelief. “How dare you

Summer had always lorded it over Zach since they were little. Now, she even dared to hit his

Hit

wrong with hitting you?”

of you shut up!” Mark watched Laura running away and slammed his walking stick against the floor. “Enough with

and Zach fell silent

goes for the

office in