Rebecca's heart stopped for a moment seeing Rachel's father hitting her like that. Her eyes immediately darted back to Joe who was looking in the direction of Rachel and his jaws were clenched as he withheld his emotion.
What is he thinking?
Joe was thinking why Talia felt so strongly to give back to Rachel now, when she is already leaving the country. This was not the first time Rachel's troubling her, so why now? Maybe if she gave a proper rebuttal the first time Rachel acted up, Rachel won't have escalated this far.
But... Did Talia hold back because Rachel was my friend and that her connections are essential for our Firm? Still... Why is she hell bent on getting back at Rachel now particularly?
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Talia took a step back as she didn't expect Rachel's father would actually hit her. His cheeks were trembling out of anger and that slap was not a light one. Talia who was never been in such situation before, felt a bit bad for Rachel.
