Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You Novel

---- Chapter 1112 Aspen wondered how Andrew could be so cruel and heartless as to humiliate her like this in front of others.

Tears welled in her eyes, but her resolve hardened.

Even if she had to endure this monster's savagery, she would never surrender.

The moment she was free again, she would end it all.

Andrew, oblivious to the storm raging in her mind, brought the belt down hard across her backside.

The leather split the air with a vicious snap, blooming fire across her skin.

"This is for your defiance," he snarled, striking again.

"For your arrogance.

For still thinking you're above this!" Each lash seared like acid, pain radiating to her bones.

A scream clawed at her throat, but pride choked it back.

Instead, a stifled moan escaped, trembling and low.

Andrew froze, belt raised.

That soundsoft, almost pleasured was not the cry of pain he had expected.

On the other hand, Aspen was horrified when she realized it too.

Her gasp had curled into something wanton.

Something that betrayed not agony, but dark, traitorous heat.

Inan instant, Aspen's flushed face shifted from fury to humiliation, then to seething self-loathing.

"You bastard!" She covered her face, too mortified to even look at him.

Andrew scoffed and brought the belt down again, though the ---- strikes were lighter this time.

Still, pain lanced through her, sharp enough to make her grit her teeth.

However, she refused to cry out, her breath coming in ragged gasps instead.

"Hit me all you want.

As long as I'm alive, I'll make sure you regret this one day," she spat, glaring at him.

Andrew casually tossed the belt aside, his voice icy.

"I warned you betrayal was never an option.

Consider this a light lesson.

Would be ashame to ruin such...

perfectly shaped ass." Then, he leaned in and whispered, "Next time, I won't use a belt.

Imagine a thick and long shaft instead.

So behave." Aspen, straightening her skirt with trembling hands, nearly choked on her fury.

The threat and his vulgar implication left her dizzy with humiliation.

Andrew took sip of water, then immediately choked, spraying it everywhere.

Aspen sneered.

"Serves you right, you bully! A grown man beating a woman, and now you can't even drink water properly.

Karma's a bitch." Wiping his mouth, Andrew ignored her jab.

Instead, he hesitated, then grimaced awkwardly.

"Hey, Aspen...

sorry about that." "What?" Her face froze.

Did the devil himself just apologize? This had to be a sign of the apocalypse.

Then he added, "Uh...

I kinda ripped your stockings.

Like...

all the way.

Skin's showing.

You might want to change..." The words hit Aspen like a sledgehammer, and her mind was ---- buzzing.

A beat later, the few employees of Supreme Capital Group heard a shriek that could shatter glass.

andrew, I'll fucking kill you! I'm going to murder you, you bastard!"