Revenge Of The Rejected Son-in-law

98. Is This Karma?

Chapter Ninety Eight

Stella stood in the dimly lit room, her trembling hands clasped tightly over her reddened cheeks as tears streamed down her face. The stinging pain from Henry's slap still lingered, but it was the coldness in his eyes and the lack of remorse that cut her soul even deeper. She couldn't believe what had just happened, the sudden outburst of anger that turned everything upside down.

The room felt suffocating, the walls seemingly closing in around her. The soft glow of the lamp illuminated the heartache etched across her face, her eyes swollen and red. She had always thought Henry was her rock, her safe harbor, but in that moment, he felt like a stranger, an unpredictable storm that had torn apart her world.

As she stood there, she replayed the scene in her mind. They had been arguing about something trivial, and she had never imagined it would escalate this far. But anger had a way of changing people, revealing the darkest corners of their hearts, and in that moment