Chapter 6

Gianna continued, "You will start over from the bottom-most rung as an intern and learn all of the company's standard operating procedures again!"

Shane pretended to be shocked. He tugged on Gianna's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Gianna, I don't think that's a good idea. The project is almost complete. I'm sure that Brandon has still contributed a lot in terms of effort."

Gianna gave me the once-over like an arrogant little peacock before scoffing.

"If everyone were to report to someone as petty as him, nobody would ever be as good as you. He's the one who can't even hold a candle to you!

"Shane, you will be put in charge of Brandon's project from today onward. You will be the project manager in his place!"

A greedy look immediately appeared on Shane's face. Yet, he pretended to reject her offer and said, "But Gianna, I don't think that's quite a good idea. I'm still young and inexperienced…"

The other colleagues around me, who had been working there for quite a while, could tell at once that Gianna was targeting me out of dissatisfaction.

They quickly agreed with her and said, "That's such a brilliant idea, Ms. Richmond! We agree that Brandon is quite a petty person. He didn't work overtime last night and even came in late today. I believe that he needs to be severely punished!"

"Yeah! I've always thought that Mr. Jagger was always better than Brandon. Sure, Brandon might be more experienced than him, but he's not that much better than a newbie!"

Gianna cocked her eyebrow at me and pretended to hesitate. She then said arrogantly, "Well, if you can prove that you'll perform well, I guess I don't mind letting you stay…"

I couldn't listen to another ridiculous word they said as they played good cop and bad cop with me. I interrupted Gianna and said with a frown, "Excuse me, Ms. Richmond, but I think you might be mistaken. I'm only here today to resign from my position."

Gianna was shocked. She exclaimed, "What?"

Cassandra then came up to her and whispered something in her ear.

Gianna's face turned darker. She frowned even harder and said, "Are you done fooling around, Brandon Hemsworth? First, it was divorce, and now, you're resigning from the company and being all sarcastic about it?

"Don't you forget that we've just received funding for the company and we're about to get listed very soon!

"When that time comes, I will give out huge bonuses to all of our employees. Don't you know that this is a wonderful company that everyone is dying to get into?"

I just looked at Gianna indifferently and said, "I know that, Ms. Richmond. Kindly approve my resignation as soon as possible. Otherwise, I don't mind getting the labor department involved."

Everyone was staring at me in confusion. They simply couldn't understand what I was doing.

Gianna clenched her fists as her nails dug into the flesh of her palm, but she didn't seem to feel the pain. She gritted her teeth and insisted, "Fine! Leave! I will sign off on your resignation! Once you're gone, I'm going to make Shane the official project manager instead!"

She then grabbed the documents from Cassandra and pretended to sign them, but her eyes were glaring straight into my soul as she tried to observe my micro expressions.

When she realized that I was still indifferent about everything, she added, "Once the company is listed, I won't just promote Shane and give him a raise. I will also buy him a house and a car. This is how I treat my star employees at work!"

I couldn't keep from chuckling.

I knew that she was trying to anger me by bringing Shane up, thinking that I would finally cave in to her demands.

However, she didn't know that Ronan had contacted me earlier, saying that he was going to demand compensation from the company. He had already arrived at the building.

Gianna stared at my upturned lips in surprise and asked angrily, "What are you laughing about?"

I answered nonchalantly, "Maybe he can explain things to you."

With that, I stepped aside. The smile was still playing on my lips.

Ronan walked in just then and stepped out from behind me. There was a very grim and solemn expression on his face.

"Ms. Richmond, you have breached the terms of the contract by secretly switching out the project manager on your own accord, and therefore, we will be retracting all of our investments and refuse to participate in your plans to get the company listed!"