The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 513

Arabella was a bit taken aback and asked, "What brings you here?"

"If I hadn't shown up, I wouldn't have known someone was messing with you." Romeo gently patted her head, then glared at Mr. Panter, "Mr. Panter, are you going to discipline your kid, or should I do the honors?"

At those words, Mr. Panter nearly lost his legs from fear and apologized profusely, "This is just a minor issue; no need to bother Mr. McMillian."

Seeing the affectionate interaction between Romeo and Arabella, it was clear as day they were a couple.

Knowing his son messed up big time, Mr. Panter was filled with regret. But all he could do was wipe the sweat from his forehead and face his good-for-nothing son.

"Dad,"

Zachary didn't even finish his sentence when his father slapped him hard across the face.

"You ungrateful brat! How dare you offend Mr. McMillian's friend!"

Zachary had been pampered since childhood and couldn't stand the sudden slap. He almost fell to the ground.

"Zachary."

Yolanda was scared out of her wits, not expecting Mr. Panter to smack his own son so hard.

Hearing her voice, Mr. Panter turned his attention to her, a flash of anger in his eyes, "We'll deal with your issue later!"

Yolanda was scared stiff, feeling all eyes on her. Her face turned extremely red with embarrassment.

The slap had split Zachary's lip, drawing blood.

But Mr. Panter wasn't done with him, and he slapped him repeatedly, "You ignorant fool! I'm going to take this opportunity to teach you a lesson! Remember this, steer clear of Mr. McMillian's friends! If you dare offend them again, I'll break your hands!"

Zachary was dizzy from the blows, and he never imagined the handsome man was Arabella's boyfriend.

He had thought Arabella was cold to him because he pursued her and then vanished, so she was angry.

He thought she held a grudge because he chose Yolanda, decided to get engaged to her, and thus hurt her.