The tension in the air was palpable as Anos and Emily locked eyes, the surrounding students instinctively sensing the brewing storm. Emily stood confidently, her arms crossed and a smirk playing on her lips, a mixture of arrogance and challenge evident in her stance.
"What? Are you really considering hitting me? You think you can just get away with it because I'm a girl?" she taunted, her voice dripping with disdain, as she leaned in closer, daring him to act.
Anos met her gaze unflinchingly, a smirk forming on his lips. "I'm not just any guy, Emily. I don't follow your rules, especially not when you think you can walk all over me."
Without warning, he delivered a sharp backhand slap that echoed through the courtyard like a thunderclap, the sound cutting through the chatter of the nearby students. The collective gasp of shock reverberated among the onlookers, their expressions shifting from disbelief to awe at the audacity of the act.
