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.

 

to see that. She

was holding her face with one hand, staring at her furious father in

was also infuriated.

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

her mother’s help. “What? What

do?” Julia touched Tina’s face, and she started to cry. “Does it hurt, Tina?” Her face was

bit her

your way into the company. Turns

once, Tina

Tina’s actions off quickly. “So what? That’s no big deal. Did you

she didn’t do a clean job. Sure, Tom was distracted, but there was a surveillance camera in the room. You got caught red

there was a surveillance camera

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 this is

down in fearful

back. “It can’t be that bad, can it,

knows I have a daughter who tried to cheat her way through the competition. My reputation’s scarred. The whole town’s gonna laugh

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

made Julia nervous.

get your answer eventually.”

husband. And seconds later, she

knew Julia was starting to blame her for this disaster as well, so she started acting the victim again. “But I did it all

her. “Yeah, honey.” She nodded. “Tina’s out of line, but she’s

“And that’s why she turned out this way, because you keep defending her. She’s a cruel, dumb woman. That’s one sloppy job she did. At this rate, she’ll drag the whole family down with

that Titus only thought of her as a cruel, dumb girl. That comment fueled the deep, dark

of him, Titus felt his migraine kicking in. “You’re grounded for two days. Think over what you did during this period of time.” He massaged his temples and went downstairs

calm Tina down. “Your father was just saying that out of anger. Don’t

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