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.

cheek in disbelief. After all these years, he had never laid a hand on her. Had he truly grown

When you proposed, you promised to always treat me well. Turns out it was all a pack of lies. And to think

I knew

always said he liked her constant chatter, 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

wondered if she was going through a midlife crisis, always causing a scene like this. After that slap, she seemed to sober

never expected Tessa to show up

out of it, she had thrown herself into the final stages of the

lighting here?” the lighting technician asked. Ever since they discovered Ivy