Lucinda watched it all happen. Although Valerie’s body was visibly shaking with pain, she had yet to beg for mercy. She sure was a tough woman.
“It looks like you’ve lost your spark, Sonny. Or is it that you’re holding back?” Lucinda raised her eyebrows and gave him a devious smile.
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“Why am I not hearing this little beauty cry?”
Sonny paused upon hearing that. He looked up, only to get a warning glance from Nathan.
“Why would I do that?!” Sonny cried out indignantly.
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“With so many of you watching me, how could I dare to show her any mercy?”
Slightly panicked by the accusation, the next blow he dealt Valerie was extra forceful.
It hurt so much that Valerie twitched after impact.
Tears streamed down her face as she raised her head and gave an imploring look at Hilliard and Cyrus.
“Hilliard, Cyrus,” she begged.
“Help me…”
Hilliard’s face remained cold. He simply stared at her as if he had heard nothing.
As for Cyrus, he glanced at her bloodied arms and simply looked away, ignoring her as well.
Valerie’s expression morphed to one of disappointment, and then self-mockery.
As Sonny continued to whip her, she would occasionally let out groans of pain. Still, she didn’t beg for mercy.
Whack!
As the fiftieth lashing fell, the branch in Sonny’s hand also broke.
He straightened up, gasping for breath and looking a little worse for wear. He turned to Lucinda and Nathan.
“Fifty lashes. Done.”
“Good.” Lucinda’s voice was cold and emotionless.
Valerie was clutching her arms and trembling all over. She lay on the floor, seemingly unable to get up. Her hair was matted with sweat and blood. She was a far cry from the elegant and confident woman who had sauntered into the banquet not too long ago.
Leon stepped forward and pulled her up, forcing her into a kneeling position.
Valerie almost fell down the moment he let go, but she managed to pick herself up at the last second. She didn’t want to give Lucinda the satisfaction of seeing her fall.
She knew that Lucinda had deliberately ordered the whipping in order to humiliate her and try to bend her into submission.