"You think you can threaten me with that? If you wish to die so badly, I'll grant your wish with pleasure," Sheena sneered, raising her hand again. For more than two decades, she wore the image of a loving mother to Tiana. It was all destroyed in a single eye-opening argument where Sheena revealed her claws. This time, however, her hand was held back by another powerful hand.
"If you want to teach your daughter a lesson, please teach her at home. It's office time. Don't get in the way of my staff's productivity," said Rain flatly. Granted, it was originally their family business. So it felt inconvenient for him, as an outsider, to interfere in their personal affairs. Nevertheless, he couldn't take another minute of watching Tiana being bullied by her mother.
"Rain," Tiana beckoned to him, looking helplessly sad. Aware of her pathetic situation, she lowered her eyes to hide her pain from Rain.
"What does our family affair have to do with you, you son-of-a-bitch? What? Now that you're the president of KD Group, do you really think that you've become noble now? Don't forget that regardless of your status changing, it will never erase the fact that you're still just an illegitimate child." Sheena said coldly towards him. Then, with great force, she pulled her hand back. If it hadn't been for him taking over KD Group, she wouldn't have become the villain shouting in public and humiliating her daughter.
"So what? At least I took over KD Group by my competence, not by selling out my daughter for power and wealth like someone," Rain said ironically. Glancing at Tiana's face, he saw the reddish marks on her face. She must be in great pain at the moment.
"Hah! Did you say, by your own competence? That's right. When it comes to being brazen and sly as a fox, who's better than you?" Rain bit back a response, and let her continue, "Did you think that after you putting my sons and daughters-in-law in the branch office, I'd be grateful to you? Oh, on the contrary, I'll curse you to die like a dog forever." Sheena snapped, gritting her teeth. She didn't even attempt to conceal her hatred for him.
"Whatever! If cursing actually worked, maybe you'd be dead several times now," Rain retorted, flaring up at the insensitive woman. If she thought that her resentment towards him was bigger than the other way around, she had another thing coming.
"You stupid girl, did you hear what he said? He's a man who wants us to die, and you're stupid enough to stay here and work for him. Do you have any self-esteem left at all?" Sheena accused swiftly, trying to twist the facts. In fear of Tiana making a run for it, Sheena kept a tight hold on her sleeve.
"Self-esteem? I don't remember you giving me anything like that before," Tiana said defiantly. She was slapped in public by her mother in this very spot by the entrance of the company, humiliating her in front of people. And now, her mother had the guts to ask for her self-esteem? How ridiculous!
"Are you really going to be on his side? Well, fine! As long as you give me six hundred million dollars, then I'll have nothing to do with your business. Anyway, I don't want a daughter like you. Not as good or reliable as money," finished Sheena, licking her dry lips like a mad woman.
Tiana never laughed so hard in her life. "Six hundred million! I never imagined that my life would be so valuable. So you've estimated my price early in the morning. If I guess correctly, this is the price you agreed with the president of CM Company, isn't it?! So this is how you're selling me out." At a loss for words, Tiana didn't know how to express such an inexplicable pain in her heart. It was like that the mother in front of her, and the home that she had lived in for more than 20 years, had become too foreign to recognize.
"It's good for both of us since you guessed correctly. If you were not that beautiful, the president wouldn't have been that willing to pay such a high price." Sheena said, full of pride, without the slightest sense of shame. As she had raised Tiana all those years, she felt entitled to some type of repayment for her efforts.
"Tiana, go inside first!" Rain said abruptly. Rain had heard enough. Were such words really what a mother should say to her daughter?
"But..." Tiana began, sounding helpless. Struggling to escape from Sheena's grasp, Tiana tried to move away but her mother had no intention of letting her go.
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