Slap! Sandra slammed her palm hard across Derek’s cheek, leaving behind a scarlet mark.
Instead of fighting back, Derek only touched his face and let out a sigh. “Huh. That was harsh.” Not only was it harsh, but Sandra probably wanted to hit him to death.
Both of them were illegitimate children, but she was being restrained and was struggling with her life right now. Yet, Derek had gone up in the world!
On what grounds? A slap was not enough to express the wrath in Sandra’s heart. Pointing at Derek’s nose, she cursed, “Don’t forget your identity, Derek. Your father is Alex, not Cooper. How can you betray your own father for a traitor? Aren’t you afraid you’d be struck by lightning?”
He turned around and wanted to leave the scene. But, Sandra caught up and stopped him from leaving. Taking out a flash drive from nowhere, she handed it to Derek. Arrogantly, she said, “I’m giving you a chance to redeem yourself. Make a copy of all the confidential info of Dragon Technology. I want all the personal information of the customers, the marketing strategies, and the systems. After you’ve done that, I’ll make sure you’re inside the Mitchell Family’s genealogy record book! I’ll also ask Dad to acknowledge you in public so that you can return to the family.”
Derek took the flash drive and smiled. “Sure.”
Instantly, Sandra was thrilled. As she had expected, no one would be able to resist the temptation of being added into the genealogy record book of the family. Derek was her biological brother, and they were both illegitimate children. Naturally, she knew what Derek wanted. She would wait for Derek to give her a copy of all the information she requested. However, there was no way he would be added to the genealogy record book!
The Mitchell Family belonged to her. If Derek returned to them, there would be one more competitor. His existence was like a reminder to her that she was just an illegitimate child. No matter how hard she tried, she would never be able to get rid of that pathetic status!
However, at this point, Derek, an illegitimate child like herself, was actually becoming more and more successful. Although he only graduated from university not long ago, he was already sitting in the executive position of Dragon Technology. Who gave him the right?
Just like how she had gotten rid of her uncle and mother, she would get rid of Derek sooner or later. Now that he was still somewhat useful to her, she would not do anything to him yet. To make sure that Derek was appeased, Sandra even patted his shoulder and whispered, “Don’t worry. When we finally take over Dragon Technology, I won’t mistreat you.”
Staring at the flash drive in his palm, Derek turned it over and over again as he observed it. He then noticed the logo of Mitchell’s Technology on it, realizing that it was the new product of the company. Feeling its texture with his palm, he frowned and said, “The core technology of this flash drive was left by Uncle Cooper thirty years ago. It has been so many years since then, and you guys never thought of improving it? I’m starting to wonder how Mitchell’s Technology survived with such old technology.”
“Huh?” Sandra did not understand what he was trying to say.
Derek continued, “Is this flash drive waterproof?”
Not knowing why he asked that, Sandra answered, “Not yet—”
Derek hummed in response before she could finish and threw the flash drive into the water.
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