Chapter 454. He Never Acknowledged Her

Zora left The Peninsula Spa with Jillian, and after parting ways, she rushed back to the company. She hadn’t checked her phone the entire time she was at the spa and had no idea what was happening outside.

Storming into the CEO’s office, she found her mother already waiting.

“Mom, what’s going on? Why did you call me back in such a hurry?”

Without saying a word, Ximena turned around and slapped her across the face.

Smack!

Zora was stunned. She couldn’t understand why her mother had suddenly hit her.

“What was that for? I just pulled off the company’s product launch and the celebration party. You could at least acknowledge my hard work instead of hitting me!”

She was feeling ambitious, eager to prove herself—and now, instead of praise, she was getting punished.

“You want to know why I hit you? I handed you control of the company, trusted you to manage things, and what did you do with that responsibility? Were you planning to bring down