Upon hearing these words, Mike fell silent.
“Her actions have brought me nothing but trouble, all for the sake of becoming Mrs. Pansy and sacrificing her own innocence. What would Jane think if she found out about these things?” Patrick’s words undoubtedly woke Mike up; he had always been fond of Jane.
And now, Katherine had managed to slip through their fingers.
The Pansy family was a big business and they couldn’t tolerate just any woman coming in and ruining everything.
“These things are truly infuriating,” Mike said calmly after calming down again, thinking about all that Katherine had done that he never could have imagined, “I’m sorry for what she has put you through – for Tyler to come and question me like this is really shameful.”
Mike gritted his teeth as he leaned on his cane, “I support you; if we don’t fire Katherine after what she’s done, the entire Pansy Group will be ruined.”
Patrick was somewhat relieved to find that this time around, Mike was on his side.
After the phone call ended, Mike had a serious expression on his face. He couldn’t believe that Katherine, who was usually so well-behaved, would do such a thing today.
He raised his head and signaled the butler, who immediately understood Mike’s thoughts and made a call to Tyler.
Soon, the two agreed to meet at the café downstairs, and Tyler happened to want to talk to Mike about Katherine being fired.
They quickly met at the café, and Mike, who had felt guilty towards Katherine, put on a serious expression.
“Mike.”
Tyler reached out and greeted Mike, who only responded lightly.
“I don’t know what mistake my daughter made to be fired from your grandson’s company after only a few days. I never expected that your family would disregard the relationship between us like this.”
Mike frowned, surprised that Tyler took the initiative to put the blame directly on the Pansy family.
“Do you not know what your daughter did, Mr. Maltz?”
Mike retorted, causing Tyler to burst into laughter.
“I only have one daughter, and she’s been spoiled and indulged since childhood. I didn’t let her go to work because of her bad temper. If it weren’t for my good relationship with your family and the belief that your family would tolerate my daughter, I wouldn’t have let her suffer.”
Tyler’s words made Mike see through the true nature of the Maltz family.
He never expected that the Maltz family would think that sending their daughter to the Pansy Group was doing them a favor, and that Pansy Group should bear all the mistakes Katherine made.
In that case, even if there were dozens of Pansy Group, it wouldn’t be enough to handle Katherine alone.
“Your words are truly ridiculous, Mr. Maltz. Everyone has to work, and if your daughter can’t adapt to society, how will she be able to take care of her own life in the future?”
“My daughter naturally has my family by her side. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Tyler didn’t give Mike any face and confronted him directly.
“It’s laughable.” Mike shook his head. “Your own daughter does such shameless things, and now you blame us for being narrow-minded. Is there another father like you in this world?”
“Mike, you shouldn’t speak recklessly.”
Tyler also grew impatient, his eyes seemingly ablaze.
“It seems you don’t know about this.” Mike smiled. “Well, it doesn’t matter. I can tell you.”
Mike reached out and took the phone from the butler’s hand, opening a video. “These are the things your daughter did at the company. She gossiped with colleagues all day, spread rumors that she’s Mrs. Pansy, and constantly harassed my grandson. Is this the good upbringing of you?”
Mike questioned, his eyes as dark as Patrick’s, exuding the same temperament.
“I thought my daughter committed some heinous crime.” Tyler, however, ignored Katherine’s actions. “She’s just a young girl experiencing her first love, doing some foolish things. Do you have to interfere even in my daughter’s preferences?”
“Your daughter’s affairs naturally have nothing to do with me.”
Mike didn’t back down either. He darkened his face and warned Tyler, “But I’ll give you some advice: take care of your daughter, or you might offend someone someday.”
Upon hearing these words, Tyler’s face also turned dark. He crossed his arms and said, “Mike, my family’s affairs don’t need your excessive concern. I know what my daughter is like.”
“Mr. Maltz, as long as you understand. I don’t want to see such things happen again.”
In the midst of their confrontation, it was already secretly determined that the relationship between the two families would begin to deteriorate.
On the other side, at the Kevin household.
Katherine had been crying for a long time at home, and only went to Kevin’s house after Tyler left.
“Aren’t you always confident in your figure and appearance? How come it’s so difficult for you to seduce such a dull man? And now you’ve been fired, what’s the use of crying to me!”
Kevin roared, looking at Katherine’s tearful appearance, devoid of sympathy, consumed by anger.
“I didn’t want this either. It turns out that everyone in the company was already calling me Mrs. Pansy. Who knew Patrick would suddenly appear and not give me any face.”
Katherine felt wronged, her eyes swollen from crying.
“I’ve already told you so much before, but it was all in vain. And now, everything is ruined. It must be because of your wrong approach. What kind of person is Patrick? Are you so confident that you can just throw yourself at him?”
Kevin scolded Katherine, believing that her approach was wrong. There were so many women throwing themselves at Patrick, and Katherine became one of those who actively pursued him. No wonder Patrick didn’t bat an eye.
“Now that things have come to this, you’re lecturing me here. What’s the use!”
Katherine, feeling angry as well, pouted and turned her back to Kevin. “Fine, if you think you can do it, go seduce him then. I’ve grown up, and I’ve never been humiliated like this before.”
Seeing Katherine’s displeasure, Kevin took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
He approached her and placed both hands on Katherine’s shoulders. “My dear, it was my fault just now. I wasn’t paying attention, and my tone was too harsh. Please calm down, it’s all my fault. I didn’t comfort you.”
For the sake of the power behind Katherine, Kevin had to coax her. After all, his own career still relied on Katherine’s help.
“Hmph.”
But Katherine still turned her face away, unwilling to look at Kevin.