Titus didn’t answer that. Instead, he asked darkly, “Where’s Tina?”

“She’s in her room,” Julia answered.

 

Titus squinted for a moment, then he went upstairs.

His inexplicable anger was making Julia’s heart pound with fear. Did Tina do something to get on his nerves? Worried about her daughter, Julia quickly followed him upstairs.

Titus started banging on the door once he was outside Tina’s room.

The door was opened a moment later, revealing Tina behind it. She was in her pajamas, looking sleepy. “What is it, Dad?”

 

The fact that she was looking sleepy only served to fuel his anger. I was humiliated at an important meeting, while you’re just sleeping? The more he thought about it, the angrier he was. In the end, he couldn’t hold it back anymore, and he slapped Tina as hard as he could.

Slap! Tina fell to the ground from the impact of the slap, entirely dumbstruck. But more importantly, she didn’t know why her father was slapping her.

 

just in time to see that. She screamed in horror and went

with one hand, staring at

was also infuriated. “Are you

I slap her, you ask? Do you have any idea what this girl did?” Titus was

finally got up with her mother’s help. “What? What did I do, Dad?” She stared at

Tina’s face, and she started to cry. “Does it hurt, Tina?” Her face was already red,

Tina bit her lip, tears streaming down her

I’m getting the deal, I thought you slept your way into the company. Turns out I got the deal because you switched my proposal

Tina averted her

too, but she shrugged Tina’s actions off quickly. “So

been a big deal, except she didn’t do a clean job. Sure, Tom was distracted, but there was

didn’t know there was a

embarrassed I was when Sonia pointed out that the proposal isn’t mine? There

down in

patted Titus’ back. “It can’t be that

I have a daughter who tried to cheat her way through the competition.

“You’re gonna get dragged into this as well. The next time you go on an outing with your friends, they’re gonna treat you

finally made Julia nervous.

your answer eventually.” Titus

seconds later, she

the victim again. “But I did it all for

stopped blaming her. “Yeah, honey.” She nodded. “Tina’s out of

why she turned out this way, because you keep defending her. She’s a cruel, dumb woman. That’s one

a cruel, dumb girl. That comment fueled the deep, dark hatred within her, and her eyes turned

better of him, Titus felt his migraine kicking in. “You’re grounded for two days. Think over what you did during this period of

Tina down. “Your father was just saying that out

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