He gritted his teeth, silently observing the ferule hit his palm mercilessly.
The impact caused it to grow redder, swiftly swelled, and got bruised.
“This is for fiercely calling me by my full name twice.
Do you ept it?”
“Yes,”
Impressed by his genuine attitude, she ced the ferule down and instructed, “Stay here.
Don’t move.
” With those words, she rose and made her way to the living room.
Soon, she returned, carrying a box which had an anti-inmmatory medication in it.
The ointment stung his swollen palm.
This caused Nathan to wince in difort.
“Can you blow on it for me?”
Lucinda’s expression turned sour.
“You brought this upon yourself, you know? You asked for it.
Tough it out.
”
Despite her harsh words, she couldn’t help but gently blow on his hand to relieve the pain.
As she applied the medicine, a strange feeling washed over her.
“Why did you act so brazen tonight? Who put these ideas in your head?”
Nathan pondered for a moment.
Atticus, her beloved father and an elder, was out of the question to me.
He had no choice but to…
“It was Sonny.
He nted these messed-up thoughts in my mind.
”
Nathan heartlessly shifted the me onto Sonny, detailing everything he had taught him throughout the day.
However, as Lucinda listened, she didn’t appear vengeful towards Sonny.
Instead, she mulled it over for a while.
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“Sonny has a point.
If a man doesn’t listen to his woman, he deserves some discipline.
But you’ve already endured the punishment.
As for setting the rules, I’ll consider it carefully, and you’ll have to follow them.
What do you think?”
Nathan hung his head low, feeling down and out.
It had all taken a drastic turn against him.
Lucinda saw that he has gone silent again and impatiently wiped the excess ointment from her hands.
She then lifted his chin and demanded, “Are you dumb? Talk to me.
”
He didn’t agree to her suggestion.
But with his back against the wall, Nathan bitterly muttered, “Whatever you say.
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