Chapter 88:
Robert's Point of View
She fell silent for a moment, her pupils moving rapidly as if she were searching for an exit amidst the wreckage of her thoughts, then she said in a husky voice:
"I told you... I am the one who did it... I slapped myself."
I repeated in total disbelief, my eyes never leaving the traces of redness:
"And why?"
She averted her gaze from me and said with a bitterness that coated her voice:
"Because I did something for which I deserve to punish myself."
I looked deep into her green eyes, which were bloodshot and betrayed a bitter crying spell she had endured before I entered.
Everything inside me went still except for the echo of her word, and I muttered in astonishment:
"Punishment?!"
She uttered her words as if throwing a bomb in my face:
"Because I kissed you... I punished myself."
At that moment, I felt a sudden slackening in my body's muscles, and my chest tightened so much that breathing became heavy;
