C39 CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

As the first punch is thrown at her belly, Melina doesn't even pretend it doesn't hurt. Screaming at the top of her lungs as his iron-ringed knuckles punch her stomach, Melina hunches forward, forcing her stomach in as her ribs burn; her face snaps backward as James punches her chin.

"James, please, I am beg…." Melina's words get choked in her throat as James punches her square in the face