Semua Bab I Destroyed The Gaslighting Manager: Bab 1 - Bab 9

“Most people go to work to earn money, but you want me to work and give you money. Do you have a few screws loose in your head?!”The manager looked up at me and pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. The gold bracelet around her wrist practically blinded me.“What are you talking about? We care a lot about our employees’ well-being. When the company’s performance improves, you’ll naturally benefit from it.”While saying this, the light caught on the huge diamond ring on her finger, blinding me again.I could practically see her swallowing up my salary. I was so furious that I pointed right at her nose and snapped, “Why don’t you just sell yourself to the company?!“You might as well tattoo ‘public property’ across your forehead! All the so-called cost-cutting and efficiency improvement ends up benefiting only you!“Since you’re so good at calculations, you shouldn’t work in the human resources department. You should, instead, work in the finance department!”The manager

“Yelena, what are you doing? Are you retaliating against me? Keep this up and I’ll dock your pay!”I was completely undaunted. Instead, I put on a pitiful act.“Ms. Baker, I can’t do anything about it either. I’m just strictly following the company’s policy.“It’s you who decided that the company’s car shouldn’t leave the company building during non-office hours, and that we need to get your approval to get the keys.”In the meantime, her sultry voice came through the phone.I carefully pressed the record button.“Yelena, you did this on purpose! Don’t you have your own car keys? Besides, why didn’t you apply for approval during the day?”There was a muffled moan on the other end of the line, and I had to hold back my laughter.“Ms. Baker, it’s the company’s policy. We can only apply one hour in advance. There’s nothing I can do about it.”Ever since I started to play dumb, life had been amazing.“Yelena, pick up Mr. Pitt. We’re having dinner at David’s Diner tonight.”I sho

When I walked past, I “accidentally” stepped hard on Liana’s fingers.Catherine did not say a word. No one else dared to move.Liana tapped George’s feet as if trying to wake up even a shred of conscience in him.However, George avoided her like the plague.“Dear, I don’t have any kind of relationship with her! You’ve got it all wrong! Dear, you have to believe me. I love you with all my heart!”At this point, Liana could not stand up without embarrassing herself, but staying on the floor was just as humiliating.The colleagues who had teamed up with her to target me took out their phones. They took ugly photos of her from every angle.One of the bootlickers figured out who was currently in power, and she immediately curried favor with Catherine.“Mrs. Pitt, here’s your drink. The coffee is freshly brewed. It’s sweetened and without milk.”Catherine glared at her.“I heard you’re pretty close with Liana, huh?”The colleague shook her head so fast that she looked like a rattl

“However, I still want to take my vacation. I uphold my dignity and assert my rights.“I can’t compare to you.”At that time, Liana immediately shot up from her seat and started yelling at me.That was not all. She even rejected my leave application outright.That very night, I received an official warning from George.Ever since then, regardless of whether I was working in the office or on a business trip, or even when the office toilet broke, she would find some excuse to yell at me.“Yelena, you slack off at work every day. Did you squat in the washroom so much that you broke the toilet?!“Every time you come to the office, you’re either charging your phone or drinking water. You use up the most company resources!“You were the last one to show up today. Go buy coffee for everyone in the office!”At that time, I somehow felt that Liana must have had a powerful backer.Once, when I saw her strutting through the company like she owned it, I even joked about it to my best fri

In the past, Liana did not care about all this.However, due to the woman she had become, a million-dollar debt was enough to crush her.As I gazed at her pitiful state, I did not feel even the slightest bit of sympathy for her.“So?“Why not? Has it ever crossed your mind that this day would come when you pointed at my nose and cussed at me?“You only have yourself to blame for trusting the wrong man. If only you’d treated me a little better back then. Maybe you wouldn’t have ended up like this.”The child in Liana’s arms started crying.“Oh, wait. You were bound to end up like this no matter what. Being nice to me wouldn’t have changed a thing.“You got exactly what you deserved for hooking up with a married man.“Please try to do something decent for your child’s sake!”“Yelena, you’ll get yours!”When Liana said that, I could almost hear her grinding her molars.“So what? Your life’s already a mess, but mine isn’t.“If I haven’t done anything shameful, there’s nothing