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.
in time to see that. She screamed
hand, staring
also infuriated. “Are you mad, Titus? Why’d you
you have any idea what this girl
with her mother’s help. “What? What
Julia touched Tina’s face, and she started to cry. “Does it hurt, Tina?” Her face was already red, obviously
it does.” Tina bit her
thought you slept your way into the company.
at once, Tina averted
too, but she shrugged Tina’s actions off quickly. “So what? That’s
have been a big deal, except she didn’t do a clean job. Sure, Tom was distracted, but there was a surveillance camera in the room. You got caught red handed, Tina.” Titus looked
didn’t know there was a surveillance camera in
the proposal isn’t mine? There
down
Titus’ back. “It can’t be
everyone knows I have a daughter who tried to cheat her way through the competition. My reputation’s scarred.
time you go
finally made Julia nervous. “T-They
get your answer eventually.”
her husband. And seconds later, she shot a
her for this disaster as well, so she started acting the victim again. “But I
again, for Julia stopped blaming her. “Yeah, honey.” She nodded. “Tina’s out of line,
cruel, dumb woman. That’s one sloppy job she
the deep, dark hatred within her, and her eyes turned crimson. But she couldn’t let Titus see that, so she quickly stared down,
days. Think over what you did during this period of
was gone, Julia went to calm Tina down. “Your father was just saying that out of
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