After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen novel Chapter 2

Chapter 2 I'm Willing to Marry You

The sound of a slap was incredibly loud.

Eva was left dazed, her eyes fixed on Isabel.

But Isabel wasn't done yet.

Her hand came down once more, and she slapped the other side of Eva's face.

"Argh!" The slap was even harder than the last one. Eva couldn't handle it anymore, covering her swollen face and screaming in pain.

"Eva!" Kaleb was outside, pacing anxiously. His eyes shot daggers at Isabel, as if he wanted to tear her apart.

"Isabel, stop it!"

Isabel glanced at Kaleb at the door and then kept on slapping Eva's face. She was curious to see just how much Eva could take.

"Argh! Please stop hitting me. I'm begging you, argh!"

Isabel ignored Eva's screams and kept up the relentless slapping, hitting harder and harder.

Even with her face swollen and bruised, Eva lay on the bed and took it without fighting back.

Eva really was something else. No wonder the original Isabel, the more innocent owner of this body, had ended up in such a mess because of her.

"Eva, if I ruin your face, do you think your Kal will still like you?" Isabel pulled out a fruit knife and held it close to Eva's face, making a show of it.

Eva's eyes nearly popped out.

"You're insane! Isabel, are you out of your mind?"

Isabel gave her a sweet, almost playful smile. "Yep, I'm crazy. So I really might carve a flower on your face."

Eva, terrified, rolled off the bed and hit the floor, wincing in pain as she rubbed her rear end.

"Don't run! Come back! Didn't you ask me to save you? How am I supposed to save you if you keep running?" Isabel slowly moved toward her, holding the fruit knife.

"Don't come any closer!" Eva scrambled up and awkwardly raced toward the door.

Thinking she could get away? No way!

Isabel chased after her. Eva couldn't get the door open in time and had to switch directions to keep running.

Eva ran ahead, with Isabel chasing after her.

"Argh! Please, no! Help! Kal, save me! Somebody help!"

"Eva!" Kaleb's eyes were blazing with anger, as if he wanted to tear Isabel apart.

Just then, the medical staff showed up with a key and unlocked the door.

Seeing this, Eva hurriedly stumbled over to Kaleb. He grabbed her and held her close, looking pained.

"Eva, are you alright?"

Eva kept crying. "Kal, I—"

"She's fine," Isabel cut her off.

"Kaleb, did you see how energetic she was in the room? Massive bleeding? Hmph!" Isabel laughed with a sneer. "Have you ever seen someone who's supposedly bleeding heavily looking so lively? If you still can't see what's going on, then you're not just blind. You know she's faking it and you're going along with her act."

Kaleb was taken aback. He'd been so worried about Eva's safety that he hadn't thought about it from this angle. He remembered her looking like she was about to die, barely able to speak. Now, thinking about how she'd been running around the room, he realized she was moving so fast that even he would have had trouble catching her.

Seeing Kaleb's expression change, Eva panicked inside. She then let herself collapse into his arms, like a leaf falling from a tree.

Kaleb was doubtful, but when Eva fell in front of him, he instinctively caught her.

Eva quickly went back to her weak act, saying in a faint voice, "Kal, I'm afraid … We might not be able to save our baby. I'm so sorry."