I Was Rewarded A Gift Card After Earning Ten Billion

Seeing that I remained silent, my wife, Joy Zimmer’s expression instantly darkened.“Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I’m wrong?“Your mother’s condition is not and will not get any better. Sending her abroad for surgery is just like throwing cash into a fire!”As she spoke, she threw the gift card forcefully at my face.“Today is the year-end banquet. I don’t want to argue with you on such an important day. Take the card and behave. Otherwise, you won’t even get this $30 gift card.”Dale Moore, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped in to calm her.“Joy, don’t be upset. How about I just give the $28,000 back to Charles?“I was only just assisting on those projects. Charles was the one who contributed the most. I really don’t feel right taking this money.”Joy immediately cut him off and said firmly, “No way! I promised to give it to you. I’m not going back on my word now.”She turned and glared at me.“Dale has worked under me for years without a single co

“Yes! Of course I am,” Lucian said immediately.Half an hour later, we met in a private room at a cafe.Lucian looked at me. He spoke with a wistful, yet hopeful tone.“Charles, I’ll be blunt. I’ve offered you the chance to join me countless times before, but you always turned me down for Joy.“Honestly, it’s a shame! With your talent, staying at a small company like Zimmer Group is such a waste.“Have you finally thought about my offer?”I smiled wearily and nodded in response.A glimmer of understanding flashed in Lucian’s eyes. He did not press further.He slid a prepared contract across the table to me.“The Chief Technology Officer position at InnoVigor Corporation has always been yours for the taking. The salary is exactly as I promised you, at the highest tier.”Without hesitation, I picked up the pen and signed it.Lucian had founded InnoVigor Corporation. It was a true industry giant.The technical capabilities and market share for that company far exceeded those o

Joy’s smile instantly froze, and her face turned deathly pale.With trembling hands, she snatched the documents, opened them, and skimmed through them.When she saw my signature on the public authorization, she looked up in disbelief and glared at me murderously.“Charles, you made these patents public?! This is the company’s lifeline!”I smiled and said, “These patents are in my name. I can release them if I want to. Do you have a problem with that?”Joy grew agitated.“You know exactly how much effort and resources the company poured into this technology. What you’re doing helps no one and hurts everyone! Have you gone mad?“What on earth did I do to you to make you turn on me like this?”I laughed when I saw how frenzied Joy was.“What I did is nothing compared to you trying to pay me off with a lousy $30 gift card.“Joy, you brought this on yourself.”Joy froze, and her face turned a ghostly shade of gray. She grabbed my arm in a tight grip. Her tone shifted from furio

I watched her grovel before me with cold and complete indifference.I pulled my leg back without the slightest hesitation.“Joy, you made your own choices. You have to live with the consequences.”After that, I picked up my suitcase and stepped around her weeping form.I then walked toward the door resolutely.Her heart-wrenching sobs echoed in the empty room behind me.This time, I would not look back.…The final rejection of her appeal became the last straw that broke Joy.All her so-called friends and business partners, who once surrounded her, dropped her the moment she fell from power. They avoided her as if she were a plague.As for Dale, whom she had once favored so deeply, he did not even try to help her. Instead, he secretly emptied the last remaining funds from her accounts and vanished without a trace.Before leaving, Dale sent Joy a mocking text.[Joy, thanks for being so good to me all these years. But the party’s over, and I’m not going down with the ship