Chapter 39

Josephine stood up with a trembling body and a deathly pale face. Her palms felt spicy, hot, and throbbing. She was shocked, because her slap was not at all like slapping a human. It was as if she had slapped a stone wall, for Nicholas' cheeks felt hard and stiff. Instead of the force of Josephine's slap making Nicholas move, she staggered himself. Nicholas's eyebrows rose. He held his cheek that had just been slapped by Josephine. Not out of pain, but out of shock. Why did Josephine slap him? The woman staggered and Nicholas grabbed her hand to keep her from falling. "LET ME GO!" snapped Josephine angrily. Nicholas let Josephine's hand go. "Hey, why did you slap me?" asked Nicholas annoyed. If someone else had done it, that person would surely be lying on the ground by now with broken bones in several places, or worse, with a bullet hole in his forehead. "Mr. Nicholas Adams, do you think, since I have no money and you have everything, you can go around buying me? I'm not something you