“Damn it! Even my parents never hit me!”
I lifted my hand, ready to slap her back, but someone grabbed my wrist midair.
It was Frederick Reese.
He flung my hand away in disgust, his brows furrowed.
“Elodie, that’s enough! You’ve gone too far,” he scolded. “Do you even realize how important a girl’s reputation is? What will people think of Renee after this?”
The cruelty on Renee’s face vanished in an instant, replaced by trembling lips and teary eyes as she threw herself into his arms.
“Frederick, if you hadn’t come, Elodie would’ve bullied me to death,” she whimpered.
And that was all I needed to know, he was that guy, the one my blind little sister used to date.
I’d already dug into their history. Frederick had been two-timing, dating my sister while fooling around with Renee on the side. He loved watching two women fight over him like he was some prize. And now he wanted to lecture me about “reputation”?
Funny how he’d stayed silent when people spread lies about my sister.
I yanked my arm free and, without thinking, slapped him hard across the face. “Reputation, my ass.”
The sound cracked through the room. Frederick staggered back, clutching his cheek in disbelief.