The Year I Was the Other Woman To Myself novel Chapter 404

Being so close, Penelope could hear every word of Hans' self-serving lies. She snorted in disgust.

Hans clearly heard her. “Theodore, how could you marry such an undisciplined woman? She’ll be the shame of the Stapleton family in Orenth. I was only teaching her a lesson for your family’s sake…”

“You hit my wife and call it a favor to my family?” Theodore’s eyes narrowed.

“Our families have known each other for generations…”

“I can pay you for whatever she broke.”

Hans let out a hearty laugh. “There’s no need for that. Just discipline your wife properly, so that she doesn’t…”

“I can pay you for the damages. How are you going to pay for the beating my wife took?”

“What?”

Theodore’s jaw clenched. “You didn’t really think you could lay a hand on my wife and get away with it, did you?”

“Theodore, don’t be ungrateful! I am your elder!”

“You’re a Bishop. I’m a Stapleton. What kind of elder are you to me?”

“You!”

“You have one hour. Bring the weapon you used to hit my wife to my doorstep. However many times you struck her, she will return the favor. Then this matter can be put to rest. But if you’re not here in one hour, then I’ll be coming to find you.”

With that, Theodore ended the call.

He looked at Penelope, his brow furrowed, his eyes filled with a raw, aching tenderness.

“I thought you knew how to fight. How did you let him hit you?”

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