Chapter 103

Calvin's hand cracked across Jasmine's face again and again, his voice a growl between strikes. "Talk! Why'd you betray me? Haven't I treated you right? How dare you cheat on me!" Her vision swam, the world tilting as the blows threatened to drag her under. Shaking, Jasmine knelt on the frozen floor. The cold bit deep into her bones, but it was nothing next to the fire burning across her battered face. Just then, her fingers grazed a bottle of shower gel on the floor. Without thinking, she grabbed it like a lifeline and hurled it straight at Calvin. The bottle hit him square in the head with a dull thud, exploding in a burst of white foam. Whether it was the sheer force of the blow or something else, he swayed, then toppled backward like a fallen tree. His body hit the floor with a solid thump and didn't move again. Jasmine's heart lurched at the sight, but then it hit her. This was her chance to escape. Clenching her teeth against the pain and fear, she forced herself up, swayi