Charlie didn't say anything. He just removed the cigarette between his thin lips, threw it to the ground, and crushed it under his shiny leather shoe.
Staring at him doing this silently, Grace kept smiling.
She raised her hand and slapped him again. "Does it hurt?"
She hit him fiercely in the same place. His face instantly swelled up.
The third slap made him tilt his head. Charlie even tasted blood. She hit him with all her strength!
After that, Grace's palm was burning and stinging. It was numbed in the end, just
like her broken heart.
She moved slightly, squatted on the ground, and picked up a piece of broken glass, which was smashed by her.
Holding it with her fingertips, Grace slowly approached him.
She finally put it against his left cheek. " The two sides of your face look different. Maybe I should add something to it..."
Meanwhile, she scratched his face with the sharpest edge of the broken glass.
Blood ran out and flowed downward.
Charlie stood still.
Grace moved the glass an inch down against his cheek. She closed her eyes for an instant and then threw the glass away.
"I wanted to ruin your face, but now I have no interest in it. You should be thankful. By the way..."
She paused for a moment.
"There's no need to separate. I'll ask my lawyer to draw up a divorce agreement tonight. It's time to split up. To be honest, I've long been tired of you!"
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