THE BILLIONAIRE'S VENGEFUL WIFE RETURNS
Chapter 190: PUNISHMENT 2

Chapter 190: PUNISHMENT 2

At the thirty-fifth stroke, Alanis’s strength finally gave out. His knee buckled, and he fell to one knee on the dusty ground. At that moment, Elisa, Garth, and Claudia couldn’t help but smile.

"What happened to our almighty prince?" George mocked, his tone laced with cruel amusement. Alanis had done nothing when Charlotte decided to humiliate him by sending him out of the family, now it is his turn to be humiliated.

"Don’t fall now. I’m just getting started," George sneered as he cracked his fingers and straightened his rigid shoulders. He had whipped Alanis with all his might before and was already beginning to tire, yet his determination to humiliate his brother burned on.

Claudia turned toward her step-sister with a venomous glint in her eyes. "This all your fault, Harlow? Are you happy now?" she asked.

"Why wouldn’t she be happy?" Garth interjected bitterly. "This is exactly what she wanted, to tear this family apart."

"If anything happens to Alanis, you’re to blame for it," Claudia added weakly like she was slowly losing her life. When she in fact enjoyed Alanis getting flogged. To her, it was just her little punishment to him for abandoning her when she needed him the most.

Harlow, silent and composed, stared at both women as they spoke. Inside, she found it almost amusing to think that one day, the truth might finally be out. And it would not be funny if Claudia didn’t lose any child and made Alanis suffer for nothing.

George raised the sjambok again, and with each lash, the sound of the sjambok snapping against Alanis’s back echoed across the yard. The tiny metal just at the edge of the sjambok, dug into Alanis’s skin over and over again.

Alanis gritted his teeth and endured, each jab was more intensifying than the last. He knew that these small strokes could never compare to the real torments life had dealt him. Yet, as the whipping continued, his other knee gave out, and he sank slowly to the ground once more.

Harlow instinctively moved forward to stop George but she was held back by her maid, Ava.

"They’re almost done Miss Harlow, it’s just five strokes left, I’m sure Master Alanis can handle it," Ava said calmly holding her miss in place. She had no idea she hated seeing Alanis suffer this way until this very moment.

"What?" George yelled at Alanis. "You can’t stand anymore?" He mocked. Alanis’s hands dug into the sand as he gripped it so tight. The blood dripping from his body dropped to the floor as he tried to gather himself.

"Well Grandma, it seems your favorite grandchild is too weak to take his own punishment," George said as he turned to Harlow.

"Come here bitch, why don’t you complete it huh, after all, it is your punishment isn’t it." He launched towards Harlow and grabbed her by the wrist.

"George that’s not what the rules say." Charlotte tried to stop him but he tossed her aside. "Fuck you and your stupid rules. This one here is the one that killed my child, she’s the one I should be punishing not him." George threw Harlow to the tree trunk Alanis was tied to and she fell to her knees.

Harlow squats to the level of the man next to her. She opened her mouth to speak but before she could, Alanis used the chains for support as he stood up again. His breath was heavy and ragged as he turned those black eyes to his brother in one fiery look.

His black hair stuck on his face due to sweat. "I told you not to touch my wife." He said calmly.

Garth scoffed, "Even after everything this woman has done, you’re still taking her sides. Have you been bewitched, Alanis?" She asked.

"You once used to love Claudia, even if she’s not with you anymore due to your negligence, Harlow killed her child." Garth barked. "They killed the child of a woman you once loved with all of your heart." She added.

"Mother that’s enough, I love George now. He’s always going to fight and defend me." Claudia said softly earning an apologetic look from everyone there except of course two people.

The two people who knew her for who she truly was.

"Master Alanis has really changed since he met his wife and it’s a shame," Jane said gingerly shifting her gaze from Harlow and Alanis. They were on the losing end now, so she had every right to speak.

"Complete the punishment quickly," Alanis said and George welcomed the challenge. He flogged Alanis the last five and of course, it was tougher than ever as he flogged his elder brother mercilessly.

After the last stroke, Alanis fell to his knees and the servants around hurried to his side to unchain him and let him free before Harlow could even touch him. He helped him back into the Villa with Harlow tailing closely behind them.

"How does it feel Harlow?" Claudia suddenly asked her sister, but Harlow didn’t stop walking or give her any attention at all.

"How does it feel to lose all the time." She paused and turned to her sister, a smile on her lips.

"When have I lost dear sister?" Harlow asked now moving close to her. "Last I remember, I’m the one responsible for your predicament yet I’m still untouched, whereas you..." Claudia gritted her teeth in anger.

"So dear sister, where did I lose?"

"You can laugh all you want but that wouldn’t change the fact that you’re nothing but a castaway. There’s a reason Father threw you out." Claudia said anything that came to her mind and nothing at all.

Harlow only smiled at her words, "And look where that got me. The CEO of Hamiltons Corp, my movie is on the way and I have a knack for making diamonds whenever I want. Not like some untalented wannabe." Harlow said.

Elisa who was standing before her daughter clenched her hands into a fist. Harlow and Alanis are really a pain in the ass, their uncouth words could make people want to kill them both.

"Last night was only a warning Claudia, stay away from me." George who was on the sidelines saw Harlow talking to his wife to be and decided to get involved.

"You have no right to talk to my wife after what you did you bitch!" He pushed Harlow aside and slapped her hard. Claudia could only smile stylishly at his action.

"I warned you, Harlow, be careful with me, George does not play about me."

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