All Chapters of He Fired Me First; Destiny Fired Him Next: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

"You're finally here, Lucy!"The receptionist stuck her tongue out slightly when she spotted me and said in a subdued voice, "Our boss' son will be coming in very soon. We should try not to get on Shermaine's bad side today.""What's going on? Shouldn't he be abroad right now?" I asked.Alex Hammond was the only son of our company's CEO, Owen Hammond. I had been working here for six months. Yet, Alex used the excuse that he was studying abroad and hadn't once set foot in our office."You haven't heard the news, huh? Mr. Hammond Senior suffered a heart attack last night. He was hospitalized and transferred to the ICU. He's still unconscious at the moment."The receptionist was clearly intrigued. "The Hammonds have summoned Mr. Hammond home since they want him to take over managing the company temporarily. He's already arrived at the airport, and he'll head over right away."My heart sank. Owen had been transferred to the ICU? I recalled running into him in the office yesterday a

Chapter 2

I didn't want to waste my time arguing with Shermaine."You can just tell Alex Hammond to fire me, then. We'll see whether I need the company more or it's the other way round."I turned my gaze toward my phone, planning to call Owen's assistant first.At that moment, a man said nonchalantly, "Oh! Who was it that had the audacity to say something like that in this building? Did they forget whose company this is?"People stepped aside, gradually making way for a man in an expensive suit walking toward us. He was rather tall and handsome, yet a frivolous expression lingered on his face.Shermaine adopted a sad, pitiful expression the second she saw him. She hurried toward the man."Welcome back, Mr. Hammond." She immediately clung to Alex Hammond's arm, her voice dripping with longing and admiration.Alex's gaze drifted across the room and eventually landed on me. "Was it you?"Shermaine swiftly pointed at me."That's her, Lucy! She acts all arrogant and looks down on everyone el

Chapter 3

I was boiling with anger. "Alex Hammond, mind your words!""Did I hit the nail on the mark? Are you getting all worked up because you're embarrassed?" Alex stared at me disdainfully."It's been 20 years since my mom passed away, yet my dad's never considered remarriage. These stunts that you're pulling won't be enough to help you become my stepmother."Shermaine covered her mouth and exclaimed in shock."You should calm down a little, Mr. Hammond. There's no way our company's top sales lady would ever harbor such impure intentions toward Mr. Hammond Senior."She's just another regular employee in this company. I'm sure she knows her place well, don't you think so? She probably just admires Mr. Hammond Senior a lot."The ladies around Shermaine agreed with her."That's right! You shouldn't take the words of a nobody like her too seriously, Mr. Hammond.""How could a regular employee like her even think of becoming our boss' wife?"Those people broke into fits of derisive laught

Chapter 4

Almost everyone in Jerunia's high society knew about it back when our families arranged for Alex and me to be engaged.More than 20 years later, there was already a huge gap between the two families' wealth and status. Still, my father kept to his promise and never mentioned a word about calling off the engagement.Technically speaking, I was still Alex's fiancee.Alex was caught slightly off guard by my question. Yet, a moment later, he burst out laughing as if he had just heard the funniest thing ever."I knew it! You're planning to marry into my family, huh? You've even gone and looked into whether I have a fiancee!"Alex was laughing so hard that he clutched his stomach. Shermaine, who stuck close to him, was laughing as well."Mr. Hammond, she seems really interested in your family's affairs."Alex pinched Shermaine's cheek lightly. His eyes blazed with scorn and contempt."After all, there are a lot of women who desperately want to become the future Mrs. Hammond."Alex t

Chapter 5

I paid no mind to what any of them were saying.Instead, I bent down and picked up the few pieces of paper on the floor. After shaking off the dust, I took out my pen and signed my name on the respective column.Then, I passed the termination report back to Mark, who seemed rather apologetic."Lucy." Mark apologized to me in a subdued voice. "I didn't have a choice."I shook my head and told him he hadn't done anything wrong.Standing there, I called my father, Arthur Sykes. He picked up the phone fairly quickly."My sweet daughter, how come you're calling me at this hour?"I looked at Alex, who appeared all smug and conceited, and said calmly, "Dad, let's call off my engagement to Alex Hammond. We shouldn't make someone like him a member of our family."I hung up right away without waiting for Dad's response.There was a moment of awkward silence. Then, everyone burst into peals of laughter.Shermaine was the first to register what she just heard. She clutched her stomach an

Chapter 6

Alex had a smug look on his face."Dad, I'm helping you right now. You can't possibly let this greedy, shameless woman ruin the reputation you've built."Also, you had no idea what she did earlier. She called a random man and declared that she wanted to call off her engagement to me in front of all our employees."Alex laughed scornfully. "Dad, you should tell this woman in your own words that I only have one fiancee. We should make this gold digger give up and stop daydreaming about becoming my wife!"As soon as Alex said that, we heard rapid, repeating beeps of a machine coming from the phone.Then, we heard Benjamin shouting frantically, "Mr. Hammond Senior! Mr. Hammond Senior! Someone, get the doctor!"The sound of hurried footsteps followed afterward."Quick! The patient's blood pressure is rising quickly, and he's suffering from a heart arrhythmia! Prepare for defibrillation!"The call was disconnected at that moment. Alex froze after hearing all that noise.Shermaine hu

Chapter 7

The entire lobby fell into pin-drop silence.Alex's face was drained of color. He kept swaying slightly, looking as though he would lose his footing and fall at any moment.Meanwhile, Shermaine had plopped down on the floor as her legs went limp.I nodded and said, "Sorry for the trouble, Craig.""It's my job to assist you."Craig straightened himself and cast a stony glance at the termination letter placed on the nearby table. Then, he looked at Alex.The look in his eyes sent a chill down Alex's spine."Let's go, Ms. Sykes.""Mhm." I turned around, wanting to leave this place that I now found off-putting."Louisa!" Alex shouted, snapping out of his daze. He rushed toward me and tried to grab my hand."Louisa, please hear me out!"Two bodyguards standing nearby immediately stepped forward and seized him. Alex was eventually flanked by those two men."Let me go! Do you guys even know who I am?" Alex struggled to break free from their grip. "I'm Louisa's fiance!"Craig turn

Chapter 8

My heart sank. "When did it happen?""Not long after you called me, I received the news from the hospital that Owen didn't make it."I fell silent. Even though I couldn't bring myself to like Alex even for a bit, Owen had nonetheless been very kind to me. He was a kind, gentle elder who had treated me as if I were his own daughter.Yet, Owen probably never would have expected that he would meet his end right after his son had driven him up the wall."That ungrateful young man!"Dad slammed his fist on the table so hard that the cups on the table shook a little due to the force. "Owen was a decent, honest man. How did he end up having a child like Alex!"Craig reported the latest situation in a low voice, "Mr. Sykes Senior, Hammond Group's stock prices have plummeted after the news of the two families calling off the engagement got out."Several clients that Ms. Sykes has secured partnerships and business deals with have requested to terminate their contracts after learning abo

Chapter 9

After suffering multiple blows, Hammond Group soon announced that the company would enter liquidation.Alex had barely managed to pay off their bank loans and compensate their clients for the breach of contract by selling off the company and their family's properties.Yet, the significant debt Alex had incurred overseas while gambling became his downfall. He had to go into hiding when his debtors came looking for him. It was a pathetic and miserable sight.The friends who used to meet and hang out with Alex now avoided him like the plague.After falling from grace, Alex felt that the life he was living was much more miserable than that of the homeless people wandering the streets.Somehow, he managed to obtain my contact number. Since then, Alex started calling and texting me using different numbers.At first, he cursed me out for ruining his life. After that, he began expressing his remorse and repentance. He said that he was wrong and asked for my forgiveness.Finally, he woul

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