The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 2252

It was just that in this day and age, archaic family punishments had largely fallen out of practice.

Skyler himself had once been disciplined under these rules by the old family head over his involvement with the Fisherwoman.

But by the time Jonathan's generation came around, the practice had been practically abolished.

Neither Jonathan, his brothers, nor Aurora had ever faced the whip.

Coleman's expression was stony. "The acting head holds the same authority as the family head. Aurora ignored that authority, provoked her superiors, and shows no remorse. The sentence is twenty slaps to the face and twenty lashes with the whip."

Administering punishment was exhausting work, and given that Aurora was his own blood, Coleman wasn't stupid enough to get his hands dirty.

He shot a look at the butler. The older man glanced at Skyler, and seeing no objection, signaled for someone to step forward and carry out the sentence.

First the slaps, then the whip.

Though the butler didn't know exactly what had transpired, seeing Jonathan bleeding out on the floor and Aurora condemned to family law meant he wasn't about to show any mercy.

The sickening sound of flesh hitting flesh echoed in the room, making everyone's skin crawl.

After only two strikes, Aurora's face was completely swollen and bruised.

Twenty slaps might not sound like a lot, but under such brutal force, she only lasted ten before breaking down.

Tossing the last shred of her pride aside, she wept and pleaded through her tears, looking at Skyler and Coleman. "Father, Coleman, I know I was wrong."

Coleman replied coldly, "The person you need to apologize to isn't me or Father. It's the acting head."

Aurora's fists tightened instinctively, a flash of pure hatred burning in her eyes before she quickly masked it.

Gritting her teeth, she forced the words out. "Star, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have opened my mouth... I'm sorry."

Stella's expression remained detached and unmoved.

Since Stella didn't call a halt, nobody dared to stop.

Aurora had no choice but to endure the remaining ten agonizing slaps.

By the end of it, her teeth were rattled loose, and her vision was swimming.

When the slapping finally stopped, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

But it wasn't over. Next came the twenty lashes of the whip.

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