Chapter 102: Wait and see
When Fil’s palm landed on her own cheek, the resounding echoes caressed both ladies’s ears. Valerie’s heart quivered, her expression paled, her eyes were wide.
Did Fil just slap herself?
Just before Valerie could recover from the shock, another slap landed on Fil. This time, Fil’s cheek turned more red and the side of her lips was cut. She watched Fil touch the corner of her mouth, hissing at the pain.
"That should do it," said Fil as if she wasn’t in pain, letting go of Valerie’s arm. "Two slaps. Is that enough for you? Or did you plan to beat me up?"
"Are you... insane?" Valerie held her arm, staggering back. "Why did you — did you just slap your face?"
Both of them knew it wasn’t just a normal slap. Fil slapped herself as powerful as she could and Valerie could tell by the sound of it how painful that was.
"I was helping you," Fil remarked, taking another step forward. "You wanted to slap me, so I did it for you. So basically, it was you who slapped me."
Valerie took a step back on instinct. With each step Fil took, she would step back until her knees suddenly gave in, making her fall to her bottom. Fil casually squatted down in front of her.
"What an expression," Fil mused with a smirk. "Are you scared now?"
"Hah! So, this is who you are all along, huh?" Valerie blurted out in a shaking voice. "I knew it! That too good to be true —"
"If you know that the kindness and actions I showed you for years aren’t real, then you should’ve run away as far as you can. You should’ve listened to your instincts, just as you claimed," Fil argued calmly, enjoying the fear brimming the young lady’s eyes. "Valerie, how far do you think you can push a person until this person breaks?"