Chapter 208 Katherine Is Slapped!

Bella slowly walked on the beach against the sea breeze. Her long hair was swooning along with the wind, together with the blue sky and water, forming a beautiful picture. She paused to gaze at the vast sea. How could she tell Charles that she was going to meet Nick tomorrow?

She had no clue that was Charles was looking at her through his window. Bella was undoubtedly beautiful. She was a beauty in both the human and the mermaid worlds. She didn’t need makeup to become the focus in the crowd. Like the brightest star, she could be noticed right away.

Charles saw another slender figure on the beach heading towards Bella’s direction. It was from Katherine! Charles furrowed his eyebrows. Why would Katherine be there?

He didn’t know that she often went to the beach for long walks. They helped her relax. His behavior toward her had changed after he had come back, which made her very agitated. She was afraid that her bad mood would influence Charles if she went to meet him, so she came to the beach to make herself feel better.

The last thing Katherine expected was to meet Bella on the beach. At the sight of her opponent, she suddenly came up with a trick.

“Bella,” she shouted.

Bella was surprised when she saw Katherine calling out for her. She had promised Charles to avoid meeting Katherine, so she began walking towards the mansion.

Bella did not want any confrontation with Katherine, but Katherine did not have the same thought.

“Stop!” shouted Katherine.

Bella did not care about her and kept walking. Why would she listen to Katherine?

Katherine sneered and shouted at her. “Didn’t you say you were going to leave? I was wondering why you are still here?”

Bella walked faster. This only made Katherine shout louder. With every step, she was getting closer to Bella.

“You have met Lynn Sanders, right? But so what? Though I am the plotter, Charles will never harm me. How is it possible that he would ever care about you? You are nothing but a surrogate mother!”

Bella clenched her fists in anger. She also knew that Charles would never punish Katherine. However, it was annoying to hear things like that coming out of Katherine’s mouth.

“Staying here for your mother is not a good excuse. The real reason is that you don’t want to give up on the good life. Why don’t you admit it? I really want to know what will happen when your vegetable mother dies. Will you still be so shameless and insist upon staying here?”

Upon hearing those words, Bella turned around and slapped Katherine on her cheek. The impact was so hard Katherine almost lost her balance.

“How do you dare to slap me?”

“Next time you say something about my mother I’m going to knock out your teeth!”

Bella clenched her fists and waited for Katherine’s next move.

Instead of putting up a fight, Katherine began crying and started running to the direction of the mansion. Bella realized that Katherine had planned all this to allow herself to fall into Charles’s arms and tell him how badly Bella had treated her. This common ploy always seemed to work. She didn’t care any longer. He had punished her so many times in the past. Once more wouldn’t do her much harm. Though she knew Charles would not kill her, his punishment would make her suffer a lot, but the fact that she had left a red mark on Katherine’s face made her feel much better. Her only regret was that she hadn’t knocked out a tooth or two out of Katherine’s mouth.

Having lost interest in her stroll she headed back to the mansion. She walked slowly, hoping this way to postpone the inevitable meeting with Charles.

“Are you pleased with what you did just now?”

She turned around and there was Charles standing right behind her.

He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up in a casual manner. Thanks to the strong wind, his hair was scattered all over his forehead. He seemed like an entirely different man. Someone who was more carefree and unrestrained. He reminded her of someone else but she couldn’t remember exactly who.

Bella let a gulp escape her throat.

“When did you get here?”

“The moment you slapped Katherine.”

“How is that possible? It was only me and Katherine on the beach just a few moments ago.”

Looking at her expression, she was like a child that had been caught doing something naughty. He could barely hold his laughter.

“I was hidden behind the trees over there, so you were unable to see me,” he said pointing to a row of banana trees nearby. Of course, he was not going to tell her that he had teleported himself here.

Bella wanted to explain why she had slapped Katherine, but Charles began talking with Ziv on his phone. He told Ziv to park the car at the main entrance then he hung up.

“What’s going to happen now?” asked Bella. “Are you going to flog me?”

Charles took her hand and they began walking to the mansion. He didn’t reply to any of her questions, they just kept on walking.

At the front gate, they paused in front of the limo. Charles opened the door for Bella before he went to the driver’s seat.

“My Lord, Miss Spenser was trying to break into the study,” said Ziv from outside the window.

“Tell Roy to take her to her room and keep her there.”

Then he locked the window and drove away. Bella now began to fear what was going to happen next.

“Where are you taking me? Are you going to punish me? It was Katherine who started everything, not me!”