CHAPTER 59: CHAPTER 59: DRIVEN OUT

Jared Sullivan’s expression was indifferent, and Skylar Hughes felt a bit uneasy, "Dad, I went to the company today, and Secretary Shaw said I was fired. Did I do something wrong? Why did you fire me?"

Jared Sullivan didn’t speak, and she continued, "Dad, if I did something wrong, can you tell me? I promise I’ll change."

"I’m the company owner. If I fire you, I fire you. What other reason do I need?"

This statement was already quite rude.

Skylar Hughes gritted her teeth, "Dad, I’ve contributed so much to the company. How can you fire me without a reason?"

"Didn’t I pay you a salary for working at the company?"

Contributions? Skylar Hughes was just taking a salary for nothing at the company. Who couldn’t do her tasks? Others could do even better than her, as if VastReach couldn’t operate without her.

"Dad..."

"Enough, don’t say anymore," he didn’t even want to speak politely, "I’ve brought your real father, pack your things and leave with him."

After finding out what Skylar Hughes had been doing secretly, he now felt annoyed just looking at her.

Skylar Hughes’s expression was a bit stiff.

"Dad, you still want to drive me away?"

Yvette Hughes was also stunned, not understanding how things had reached this point.

"How is this driving you away? You’re not a member of the Sterling Family in the first place. Staying here is inappropriate. People might even think I’ve snatched someone’s daughter."

Skylar Hughes still looked like she couldn’t accept it.

"Dad! What exactly did I do wrong that makes you treat me like this?"

She dared to ask what she did wrong?

Jared Sullivan broke out in a cold sweat, having really underestimated the shamelessness of this girl.

"I told you from the first day you came to the Sterling Family, as long as you got along well with Beau, I would not mistreat you. But what about you? While eating my food and wearing my clothes, you targeted Beau everywhere, spreading rumors about him outside, causing people to criticize him. My kindness to you made you forget your own status. Since you’re ungrateful, now I will take back everything given to you, and you shall live as you ought."

Back then, Paige Sterling left the Sterling Family at fifteen partly because of Skylar Hughes and Yvette Hughes, but Jared Sullivan knew he himself was also partly to blame.

That’s why he didn’t stop his daughter from leaving, nor did he make Skylar Hughes leave, simply assigning someone to watch over his daughter, fearing she might suffer outside.

He couldn’t bear to let Paige Sterling suffer the slightest grievance. Who was Skylar Hughes anyway, to cause Paige so much distress in secret?

"I didn’t! Dad, from the first day I came to this house, I have considered you my real father. I have no other father, only you are my real father. I thought that even if I made mistakes, you would patiently teach and forgive me. But why are you so harsh on me? You pamper and indulge Paige, why are you always so cruel to me?"

"Because I am Beau’s father, not your biological father. Every father is selfish and cannot treat someone else’s daughter the same as his own."

That’s why he never hoped Yvette Hughes would treat Paige Sterling the same as she does Skylar Hughes.

"In your father’s heart, you are also his most treasured pearl. Go with him."

"He’s not my father! I have no such father. I recognize only you as my father!"

Seeing his own daughter so disdainful of himself, only acknowledging her wealthy stepfather, Mr. Hughes’s joy upon seeing his daughter was instantly dampened.

Jared Sullivan also hadn’t expected Skylar Hughes to say such words.

Skylar Hughes came to the Sterling Family, he never taught her these things.

There were things Jared Sullivan actually didn’t want to say, after all, marrying Yvette Hughes was his own choice back then.

But now, he had to make it clear.

"Your mother and I came together halfway through life. I told her from the start that I would only have Paige as my daughter in this life, and she agreed. But after marriage, she went against our agreement and brought you to the Sterling Family. At that time, your hands and ears were all frostbitten. It was Beau who pleaded that I agreed to keep you. I also told your mother that as long as she treated Beau well, I would treat you well. But you two should reflect on your conscience, how have you and your mother treated Beau?"

He confidently entrusted Paige to Yvette Hughes, who readily agreed.

But once, while he was on a business trip, Paige had a high fever at home, and Yvette and Skylar knew it but left her alone to go shopping.

Luckily, Nanny Sutton came home early on a leave and found out, otherwise Paige would have developed pneumonia from the fever.

And many times, gifts he brought back from business trips handed to Yvette Hughes for equal distribution between Paige and Skylar ended up entirely with Skylar, leaving Paige with nothing.

Jared Sullivan didn’t expect Yvette Hughes to treat Paige like her own, but to neglect to this extent, and still expect him to treat Skylar like his own? Impossible!

At that time, he even considered divorcing Yvette Hughes.

But considering the married but then divorced situation, it wouldn’t be good for Beau, as others might think Beau couldn’t tolerate a stepmother.

Skylar Hughes couldn’t believe that Jared Sullivan was really driving her away for Paige’s sake.

"Dad, I and my mom have no regrets in our conscience about Paige. It’s you who have been overly indulgent with her, and just because my mom didn’t indulge her, you think it’s our fault? Did you ever consider that the reason Paige became so willful is that you spoiled her?"

"She is my daughter, if I don’t spoil her, who will?"

Skylar Hughes widened her eyes and asked, "What about me then? I always tried to be the good daughter in your heart, and in the end, this is how you treat me? Have you thought about how everyone knows I’m your daughter, yet you’re driving me out of the company and the Sterling Family? What will others think of me?"

Jared Sullivan remained indifferent.

"You pity yourself as a victim, is it right for my daughter to suffer?"

Did he work so hard just to raise someone else’s daughter, letting his own suffer grievances?

Jared Sullivan was not such a selfless person.

"If in your actions you had considered Beau even a bit, I wouldn’t be doing this today." Jared Sullivan threw out a stack of documents, "Take a good look at these."

And he told the stunned Yvette Hughes, "You look too, see if I’m wronging your daughter."

Yvette Hughes, seeing the documents, looked utterly incredulous.

She thought Jared Sullivan was angry just because Skylar Hughes spread false rumors about Paige’s misconduct, but after reading the documents, she realized Skylar Hughes had done far more.

The several scandals about Paige’s alleged "sponsorship" in the entertainment circle were spread by Skylar Hughes.

Several endorsement deals that Paige had were also sabotaged by her, under the guise of being a Sterling Family lady.