Is A Cripple? Fine, I’ll Marry Him! 5

standing in front of the three men to shield them. Mabel raised an eyebrow. “Alright then.” The next second, she hit Anna in the face twice, quickly and hard. “Anna!” All three men rushed to her side in panic. Glen grabbed Mabel’s wrist. “What are you doing, Ms. Mabel? Are you insane? How could you hit her—she’s so kind!” “If you have to hit somebody, hit me! Do not touch her!” Julian shouted. “I won’t let you lay another hand on her!” Brett asserted. Mabel looked at them and gently caressed her burning palm. “She asked to take your punishment. I simply granted her wish.” At this point, Melvin finally couldn’t take it anymore and growled, “That’s enough! Get back to your room!” “Fine.” Mabel nodded and cast one last glance at the three men. “Remember that you each still owe me six slaps.” Chapter 5 Back in her room, Mabel walked into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and let the cold water soak her hair and body. She showered for a long time, washing herself with body wash and desperately attempting to remove the stench of those thugs off her skin. Her eyes welled up with tears as she remembered how, while she was being assaulted, the three of them simply stood by and watched. After showering, Mabel picked up a hidden photograph of her late mother that she had stashed away in her room. Her mother’s smiling face brought her a sliver of warmth. “Mom, I miss you so much.” She was exhausted and fell asleep right on the carpet while hugging the photo close. An unexpected thunderstorm awoke her in the middle of the night as lightning and thunder crashed outside. She was just about to shut the window when a shadow caught her eye. Before she could react, she felt pain in her shoulder, and everything went black in the next second. When she woke up again, she was lost in the middle of a deep mountain forest. It was already daybreak, and it was raining heavily. Mabel was completely soaked, and her eyesight was blurry. “Is anyone there?” she called out around her, but no one answered. Panic rose in her chest as she fumbled in her pocket for her phone and called Glen. She called him 99 times, and each one was declined. The rain eventually stopped, and the sun blazed overhead. Her heart froze as she stared down at her slowly dying phone. She was already cold to the bone and starving, barely able to hold on. “The hundredth time. Glen, this is the last time I’ll call you.” This time, he answered. “Hello, Ms. Mabel.” “Why didn’t you answer my calls?” She was trembling with rage. However, his tone was distant as he replied casually, “I’m sorry. Ms. Anna was going out for morning tea, so I decided to accompany her. I’ll come get you after dropping her off.” Hearing this, Mabel froze. “How do you know where I am?” Glen didn’t answer and cut the call. “How could you be so cruel!” She smashed her phone to the ground in a fury. She knew that this was all his doing. He actually went to such lengths to stand up for Anna. Mabel staggered to her feet and made her way out of the forest mountain. By the time she reached the roadside, her feet were bloodied, and her stomach was growling from hunger. She walked from sunrise to sunset before finally managing to catch a ride home.