The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2439

“You’re the last person in this house who has any right to talk to me like that. If you can’t stand me, then don’t eat. I cooked this meal with my own two hands, so what gives you the right to tell me not to eat?” she protested.

“It’s a joke, really. Everything you eat, wear, use-it’s all provided by me. Do you think you’d still be living like a queen without me?” Finn retorted.

Tessa’s eyes were bloodshot with anger, “Do you really think being your wife is some kind of joyride? Finn, you’ve got such a high opinion of yourself.”

“Ah!” Tessa cried after a crisp sound.

Finn, unable to contain his fury any longer, swung his hand and slapped Tessa across the face, her head whipping to the side from the force of the blow.

years, he had never laid a hand on her. Had he truly grown tired of her?

proposed, you promised to always treat me well. Turns out it was all a pack

on the past? If I knew back then that you’d nag this

that it made his world lively. But now, her once endearing trait had become a flaw. “Fine, it’s all my fault,” Tessa said, sitting in her chair and quietly sobbing, while Finn felt a sense of relief at the newfound quiet and sat back down to finish

this. After that slap, she seemed to sober up and didn’t

to show

Balfour had told her to stay out of it, she had thrown herself into the final stages

you take a look at the lighting here?” the lighting technician asked. Ever since they discovered Ivy had a natural talent for visual aesthetics, they