Semua Bab They Got Me Fired, So I Went Home to My Fortune: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Bullshit! Who did Noah think he was?I wanted to swear at him, but my voice of reason prompted me to shut my mouth. I had to keep it together until I could show Noah and Isabelle how wrong they'd been to underestimate me.I took a deep breath. "All I'm saying is that you won't have to worry about me. I'll figure this out."Pleased by my apparent acquiescence, Noah eased up and replied, "I'm glad you've come to your senses. Now, stop brooding and prepare for your next interview."In the meantime, I'll check on Isabelle and see how she's doing. She was so wrecked with guilt about this, she couldn't even eat.""Sure." I hung up calmly, refusing to say anything else to him.Larson Group sent me a new letter of employment. This time, I was recruited not as an intern, but as an official employee.I'd just filled in the application when Noah texted me again. "Are you applying for jobs? Have any other companies reached out with an interview invite?""I didn't apply," was all I wrote ba

The next day, I didn't pile into the sardine can that was the subway with the rest of the working crowd. Instead, a black Bentley had pulled up outside the dormitory, and a driver opened the door to the backseat for me.I arrived half an hour early at Larson Group's headquarters. I skipped the visitors' route, and with a swipe of a card, a private elevator took me straight up to the CEO's office on the top floor.The doors opened with a ding.Jacob stood at the office door, waiting for me. He looked solemn and powerful in his bespoke, tailored suit. He appraised me from head to toe and gave an approving nod. "You clean up well. You look like you're one of the Larsons."He didn't bring up the hijacking of my initial job offer and simply handed me a black access card."This is your staff ID. You've got full access clearance. I'm the only person in Larson Group who gets to boss you around." He paused, and an indulgent gleam shone in his eyes. "Go ahead and do what you want. I'll back

Not long after my direct appointment as the CEO's special assistant, I faced my first big challenge. I had to come up with an internal project proposal, a task that was key to proving myself.Naturally, Noah and Isabelle wouldn't pass up the chance to make this even harder for me. The latter started feigning concern for me and even showed up at my office."You've been working too hard, Ms. Slater." Isabelle carefully set a mug of coffee on my desk. "I heard you were working on a proposal for a new product line-up."George Lewitt from the marketing department has valuable experience in this kind of work. He may be a little odd, but please don't take anything he says personally."She sounded like she meant well, but in truth, George was the loudest dissenting voice on this proposal. He was also Noah's ally in the marketing department.Isabelle was misguiding me, hoping I'd walk right into her trap.I saw through her crude performance and smoothly took the coffee. "Is that so? Thank

"I… I didn't! It was a bug! There must have been a bug in the system!" Noah insisted defensively, fumbling over his words as his eyes darted around in wild panic.Isabelle immediately stood as well, feigning worry as she chimed in, "That must be it, Ms. Slater. The company's system acts up from time to time. Noah couldn't have meant to hide the report."She was still trying to pin the blame on technology.I took in their rough-hewn acting but did not call them out right away. Instead, I calmly turned around, picked up the remote, and clicked on the next slide.A clear image of the daily activity log in the company system's backend was displayed on the big screen. Noah's maneuver, marked in red, stood out from the page like a sore thumb.It was irrefutable evidence that he was the saboteur."I don't know about the bug in the company's system. I do know, however, that the system log won't lie. Noah, this is a matter of trust and good faith in the workplace. Those have nothing to do

Only a few days passed before a notice was sent to my office.The group's disciplinary committee had received many complaints from actual staff members and requested my cooperation as they looked into my so-called "inappropriate relationship" with Jacob.I became the first special assistant in Larson Group's history to be openly investigated by the disciplinary committee for rumors of an illicit affair.The moment the news broke, the company erupted in an uproar.Noah and Isabelle, believing they had dirt on me, encouraged their co-workers to pressure the board of directors into punishing me and clearing the company's good name.Isabelle even orchestrated an accidental run-in outside the office building.She deliberately cut me off and grabbed my arm, sobbing as she begged, "Just apologize and admit your mistake, Eloise! Stop dragging Mr. Larson into this mess! We'll speak up for you if you simply apologize!"She'd brought the waterworks, too, making such a show out of this that