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.
time to see that. She
one hand, staring at her furious father in
but she was also infuriated. “Are you mad, Titus? Why’d you slap
ask? Do you have any idea what this girl did?” Titus was pointing at Tina with a
with her mother’s help. “What? What did I do, Dad?” She stared at her father
touched Tina’s face, and she started to cry. “Does it hurt, Tina?” Her face
it does.” Tina bit her lip, tears
I thought you slept your way
at once, Tina averted
off quickly. “So
big deal, except she didn’t do a clean job. Sure, Tom was distracted, but there was a surveillance camera in the
froze up. “I-I didn’t know there was
any idea how embarrassed I was when Sonia pointed out that the proposal isn’t mine? There were more than twenty presidents in the room. Do you know how bad
stared down
“It can’t be that
Now everyone knows I have a daughter who tried to cheat her
The next time
made Julia nervous.
get your answer eventually.” Titus
her husband. And seconds later, she shot a complicated look
she started acting the victim again. “But I did it all for you,
for Julia stopped blaming her. “Yeah, honey.” She nodded. “Tina’s out
out this way, because you keep defending her. She’s a cruel,
cruel, dumb girl. That comment fueled the deep, dark hatred within her, and her eyes turned crimson. But she couldn’t let
him, Titus felt his migraine kicking in. “You’re grounded for two days. Think
to calm Tina down. “Your father was just saying that out of anger. Don’t
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