Chapter 60 Javier?

• Caro’s nerves threatened to overwhelm her as emotions seized control, driving her to strike her daughter for the first time in years. She was at a loss for words, acting without thought—and yet she felt no regret.
• ‘Kate would understand the intention behind it.’ She thought, as her chest rose and fell in rapid breath. Caro believed her daughter would see things from her perspective, interpreting the act not as cruelty but as a desperate lesson etched in pain.
• However, Kate wasn’t having it. Her wide, shocked gaze refused to waver as she stared at her mother, pools of tears flooding her eyes. “Mom, you slapped me?” Her broken voice dropped to a whisper.