Chapter 284: That’s My Wife
Catherine hissed in pain as she held her cheek, staring at her husband in disbelief. Her eyes were wide, her jaw was parted, and she looked at him as though she had just witnessed a monster devour a human right in front of her.
"Charles..."
"Don’t give me that look," Charles Montgomery said with a snarl. "I know you heard me enter― the whole fucking city knows I’m here. Or are you too caught up in your little love bubble to realize― ack!"
Before Charles Montgomery could bend down and land another hit on Catherine, he was bulldozed over to the ground instead. He collapsed in a heap, his face sliding across the floor with a nasty squeak as the crowd gasped in shock. Everyone backed away to make space for him, in fear that if he knocked onto one of them, and would immediately get them to be responsible for his injury.
Due to that, no one dared to offer Charles Montgomery a helping hand, likewise for Catherine. But the latter didn’t need the common people for help when she had a knight in shining armor ready to offer his life for her.
"Show me where he hit you," Benjamin Hawthorne said as he bent down next to Catherine. As violently as her husband had handled her, Benjamin handled her with care and grace as though she was a delicate butterfly’s wing.
The difference in their treatment was night and day.
"I’m fine, he just―" Catherine cut herself off with a hiss. However, she hadn’t touched her cheek where Charles had slapped her. Instead, she touched her ankle, which had now turned slightly swollen and pinkish.
"Your ankle..."