Chapter 63
After half an hour, Titus reached home. The butler came up to greet him and he handed his coat
over, asking, “Are Miss and Mrs. Gray home?”
“They’re in Miss Gray’s room, sir,” the butler answered after draping the coat over his arm.
After a hum of understanding, Titus headed toward the staircase.
Meanwhile in the room upstairs, Julia and Tina were sitting at the foot of the bed flipping through a
photo album together. Pointing at a picture of herself, Tina asked, “Do you remember this photo,
Mom?”
Fondly stroking her daughter’s long hair, Julia replied, “Of course I do. You were six when we took
this picture. You liked ying hide-and-seek that year and no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t
find you. I was so scared that I lost you, but it turned out that you fell asleep hiding in the attic.”
“I remember. When I woke up, I came down from the attic by myself to find you crying. You had
even lodged a police report,” Tina recalled.
The smile on Julia’s face faded and there was a touch of hatred in the bottom of her eyes. How
could she not cry out of panic and file a police report when she couldn’t find her child? At the time,
she even thought Henry had kidnapped Tina. It was a good thing that it turned out to be a false
scare in the end.
Presently, Tina flipped a page. All of a sudden, a yellowed photograph fluttered out of the photo
album andnded on the floor. She bent down to pick it up. There was an infant of a few months old
in the photograph. The baby was smiling widely and looked adorable, and a single nce would
endear anyone to it.
However, for some reason, Tina did not like this baby at all. In fact, she disliked and even hated this
baby a little.Nevertheless, she didn’t show it and only handed the photograph to her mother, asking
with a smile, “Is this Rina?”
Stroking her fingers over the little girl in the photograph, Julia nodded with her eyes wet. “Yes. This
is your sister, Rina.”
When Tina saw how much Julia missed the infant in the photograph, she couldn’t help feeling
jealous. And so, she put the photograph back and tucked it into the photo album. Following that,
she looped her arm around her mother’s and leaned her head against her shoulder, saying fondly,
“You know, Mom, you get upset every time we bring her up, so we shouldn’t bring her up anymore. I
don’t think she’d want
you to be sad, either.”
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It was strange how even a dead person dared to vie for her mother’s attention. There was no way
she was letting that happen!
“Alright, alright. We won’t bring her up,” Julia answered fondly, unaware of her younger daughter’s
motives and wrongly assuming that Tina was concerned about her.
Right then, the room door flew open and Titus walked in with a thunderous expression. Being the
first to discover him, Tina let go of her mother to wave. “Hi, Dad.”
However, he only gave her an indifferent nce without responding. Instantly, her expression froze
and she chewed on her lip sadly before asking, “Did I do something wrong, Dad?” “Yes, honey.”
Julia gave her husband a dissatisfied nce. “Why are you treating Tina so coldly? She didn’t do
anything to you.”
“Who says she didn’t? Ask her what she’s done now!” he used, pointing a finger at Tina.
Immediately, Julia looked at her. However, Tina was simrly befuddled.
Seeing that she truly didn’t understand, Titus didn’t bother dragging the moment out and only
continued coldly, “I know what you did to Sonia at the resort.”
Instantly, her eyes shed guiltily. “How did you find out about it?”
How did I find out about it?” He harrumphed.
She rubbed that piece ofnd in my face on the inte. How could I not find out about it? If you
were going to get up to something, could you not have been less careless so she wouldn’t catch
you in the act? Now, we’re forced to give up thend. I swear...” He trailed off, too angry to continue.
Knowing she had done wrong, Tina lowered her head.
Heartbroken at the sight, Julia wrapped her arms around her daughter and grumbled at her
husband, “That’s enough. It’s just a plot ofnd. Why do you need to scold her so fiercely?”
Just a plot ofnd? Titus was so incensed by Julia’s words that he started trembling. “Do you know
how important that piece ofnd is to us? We’ve already invested in it and were only waiting for
Toby to hand us the deed to start work. Now, thend is gone and all the projects have to be halted.
We cannot afford the losses!”
These few years, Triforce Enterprise was already on a downhill road. That was why he thought of
developing a vi district to restore the enterprise to its former glory. But now, it was all for naught.
Not understanding market conditions, Tina didn’t realize how great the issue was and only stood to
inform him leisurely, “Toby has promised the Berthullnd to you.”
Titus nearly passed out with rage. “And what can the Berthullnd be used for? It’s out in the middle
of nowhere. Who would buy the vis I built there? If I’m unable to sell the vis, we’ll still have to
take the losses!”
It’s that serious? Finally, Tina started to panic. “Dad...”
“Don’t call me ‘Dad’!” Titus snapped hurtfully. “You keep going after her and you keep letting her
catch you in the act and get the upper hand. Now, you’ve truly pushed Triforce Enterprise to the
brink. I can’t believe you’re so stupid. You’re truly not my real—”
“Honey!” Julia interrupted with a pale face.
Only then did he realize that he nearly misspoke and closed his mouth in time. After a moment, he
reopened it. “At any rate, you’d better concentrate on Toby for the time being and leave Sonia to
me. You’re not allowed to go after her and let her catch you in the act again. Do you understand
me?”
Lowering her eyes, Tina answered, “Yes.”
Without saying anything further, Titus turned and left. After he did, Tina grabbed her mother’s hand.
“Mom, what did he mean by what he said? Not his real what?”
Something inside her was telling her that she needed to get things cleared up. Otherwise,
there was no way she could bear it.
However, Julia’s eyes shed and she rearranged her expression and tidied Tina’s hair with a smile.
“Nothing,” she murmured. “He didn’t know what he was saying. Don’t mind him. Alright, you’d better
get some rest. Don’t you have to go out for dinner with Toby tonight? I’ll go and calm your dad
down.” And with that, she left.
With dark and inscrutable eyes, Tina watched the door. If her mother wasn’t willing to tell her, she
would investigate on her own. She would definitely find something. As for Sonia, she might be so
lucky as to escape death the first time, but she wouldn’t be so lucky the second time!
At Paradigm Co., Charles and Sonia had only just finished their meeting and stepped out of the
conference room when Daphne stepped in front
of them.
After sneaking a nce at Charles and concealing the affection in her eyes, she reported to Sonia
seriously, “Triforce Enterprise just called, President Reed. President Gray wants to see you.
“Titus Gray wants to see me?” Sonia lifted an eyebrow.
“Yes. He’s already on his way here.”
With a sneer, Charles remarked, “He’s not even giving you a chance to refuse to see him, baby. By
the way, Daphne, did he mention why he wanted to meet?”
“No,” Daphne answered with a shake of her head. Her voice was slightly gentler than when she
spoke to Sonia, but neither of the other two noticed.
Instead, Sonia simply nodded. “If that’s the case, we might as well see him. Go and make some tea,
Daphne.”
“Of course.” Daphne nodded.
Following that, Charles and Sonia headed back toward Sonia’s office. On the way, Charles stroked
his chin in thought. “You don’t think he could being to you over that piece ofnd, could he?”
“He must be. I can’t think of another reason.” Sonia opened the door to the office.
Stepping inside, he shut the door after them. “I imagine he wants thend back.”
Soniaughed and right as she was about to reply, Daphne pushed open the door a crack and
poked her head in. “President Reed and
President Lane—President Gray is here.”