Chapter 3

Jett lowered his voice in anger and threatened me, "You'd better grab your stuff and leave now if you know what's best for you! And stop causing trouble for yourself. Otherwise, I'm going to blacklist you, and no other company will ever dare to take you in anymore!"

When Cade heard that, he quickly faked a concerned expression and said, "Don't get too angry, Mr. Leroy. Gavin's just mad that he got kicked out of the company. He's only doing this out of jealousy."

He then turned to look at me and gave me a fake smile. "Gavin, since you've had your contributions to the company in the past, let me help you out.

"You probably won't be able to find a job anymore, given your age, so it would be impossible for you to find any company willing to take you in after getting fired.

"But hey, if you're willing to get down on your knees and beg us for forgiveness, perhaps I could put in a good word for you with Mr. Leroy so that he'd still consider employing you as the company's security guard."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Rafael and the other people immediately burst into laughter.

"That's right, Gavin! Hurry up and apologize! Look at how good he's being to you! He's even offering to help you find a job!"

"Being a security guard isn't too bad. You'd still get about two thousand dollars a month, around minimum wage. It's definitely enough for you to survive!"

Instead of getting angry at Cade's smug look, I simply smiled back at him. Then, I looked at all the other employees in the office and finally fixed my gaze on Cade once more.

"This company promised me, in black-and-white, a bonus commission of two million dollars for the 30-million-dollar project last season. And see what happened? I got a letter of dismissal instead of the promised bonus."

I then looked at the rest of the employees, who now looked uncertain and said, "If Jett Leroy can fire me for something as ridiculous as having clashing horoscopes with him and therefore pocket the bonus for himself, do you want to guess what other tactics he'd use on the rest of you?"

The entire office fell into hushed silence. Some of the people even averted their gaze from me and looked at Jett instead.

The corners of my lips lifted up. I continued in a sarcastic voice, "You guys really have the guts to continue working and selling your soul to a company as shady and untrustworthy as this."

"Gavin Carter! Shut up!" Cade exclaimed, before Jett could even get a word in. "Did you not think that the 30-million dollar project was all due to Mr. Leroy having a good relationship with the other party? Did you really think it was because of you that we were awarded the contract?

"Don't you know that business transactions also rely on whether the bosses have a good relationship with each other? It's not that easily determined by people like you! You're a lousy ingrate, and you never deserved to continue staying at the company anyway!"

I was starting to find it more and more ridiculous.

We had only been awarded the 30-million-dollar project because I'd spent three months doing market research, finding out the client's pain points and preferences, and coming up with a complete proposal that fulfilled the client's needs and was budget-friendly for all.

I had stayed up for countless nights and asked for advice from countless experts to finally perfect the proposal.

But yet, Jett thought that we got the project simply because he'd had a drink or two with the client.

"You'd better get your ass out of here if you know what's good for you, Gavin Carter. Leave, now! Or else, I'll make sure you regret this for the rest of your life!"

Jett's face was as red as a beetroot as he screamed in my face.

I just scoffed lightly and yanked off my employee ID pass and threw it into the trash.

"I'll make you eat your words the next time we meet, Mr. Leroy!"

I quickly went home after leaving the company and readied all the documents needed to start at my new job. Exactly one month later, I successfully started working at the Audit Commission.

Soon, my team received their latest investigation task, and the target company was none other than Jett's.

Coincidentally, Jett was organizing a massive strategy launch event, claiming that they had invented some groundbreaking technology. So, we included them in our list of inspections for the day.