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.

Julia came over just in time to see that. She screamed in horror and went up to hold Tina. “Tina!”

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

Julia was flabbergasted as well, but she was also infuriated. “Are you mad, Titus? Why’d you slap your daughter?”

“Why did I slap her, you ask? Do you have any idea what this girl did?” Titus was pointing at Tina with a trembling finger.

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

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

Tina bit her lip, tears

the deal, I thought you slept your way into

at once, Tina averted her gaze

“So what? That’s no big deal. Did you have to slap

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

there was a surveillance

embarrassed I was when Sonia pointed out that the proposal isn’t mine? There were more than twenty presidents in

down in

“It can’t be that bad, can it,

it be? Now everyone knows I have a daughter who tried to cheat her way through the competition. My reputation’s scarred.

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

made Julia nervous.

get your answer eventually.”

later, she shot a complicated

for this disaster as well, so she started acting the victim again. “But I did it all for you, Dad. I wanted you to

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

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

“Dad?” She couldn’t believe that Titus only thought of her as a cruel, dumb girl. That comment fueled the deep,

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

“Your father

be alone for a bit, Mom. You should

“Alright then.” Julia sighed.

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