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Chapter 1

I had been with the company for five years.Every month, I made a $5,000 base salary and about $5,000 in commission.On paper, it looked like a six-figure job.But only I knew how many nights I had stayed up for that money and how many major deals I had closed for the company.I sighed softly. When I lowered my head, I caught sight of the heavy dark circles under my eyes on my phone screen.All at once, exhaustion swept through my whole body.My coworkers seemed to be waiting for me to make a scene.But faced with the result of the vote, I did not argue with any of them. I quietly took off my employee badge and asked my boss, “My performance this year already qualifies me for the million-dollar year-end bonus. If you fire me before bonuses are paid, what happens to that money?”My boss sneered. “Getting fired is your problem. The company won’t pay any compensation. And like you said, bonuses haven’t been paid yet. When the bonuses are calculated, you naturally won’t have anything to do

Chapter 2

When I went back to my desk to pack, plenty of people were already waiting for me to turn over my work.Maggie wanted the report files she was supposedly responsible for organizing every day. In the past two years, she had not prepared a single product quality report herself.Every time it was almost time to get off work, she would look at me apologetically.“Nat, my son is out of school. I have to pick him up. These reports came in too late today. Could I trouble you with them?”That one word, trouble, handed me work that had never been mine.Dylan Brooks wanted me to brief him on one of his projects.After a year at the company, he had never completed a single project on his own. Every time, he would hand me an unusable proposal and tear up in front of me.“Natalie, I’m under so much pressure. I’m scared that if I don’t do well, I’ll get fired.”Back then, I felt sorry for him because he was trying to save for his wedding, so I helped him finish project after project.He promised th

Chapter 3

I once had Chloe sign off on a project that had already been fully negotiated.Just as the client’s boss was about to sign, Chloe suddenly asked, “Can this project actually make money?”The client immediately assumed that if even we had no confidence in the project, it had to be a losing deal. He refused to sign on the spot.I stayed up all night drafting a new proposal that finally satisfied them.I also promised that I would personally follow the project from start to finish. Only then did we manage to save the partnership.Afterward, I asked Chloe for an explanation. She only lowered her head and wiped her tears.“I can’t even understand the proposal. How was I supposed to know whether it would make money? Fine, I just won’t go sign anything next time.”At the time, I was buried in work and too exhausted to argue with her, so I ignored her stupidity.And it was not just Chloe.I helped a lot of people in the company finish their work, largely because they were too stupid, and I was

Chapter 4

The boss hurried out of his office and turned to Chloe.“You were wronged before, that’s true. But if you do well on the next project, the bonus will only be bigger.”Right in front of me, he handed the project I had prepared a week ago to Sabrina and Chloe.When he asked me to draft the proposal, he told me that if the project went well, the promotion would be mine.Back then, Chloe had even complained on my behalf.“Sabrina can’t even do proper background research on the client’s company. She’s no better than me, but somehow she’s on the same level as you.“You should have been promoted already. Instead, they’re making you work even harder.”But now, Chloe was standing beside Sabrina, holding the project and looking at me with a smug expression.Sabrina and Chloe thought they had picked up a bargain.What they did not know was that there was still an unresolved problem in the proposal.If it was not fixed, the consequences would be more than the boss could repay even if he lost every

Chapter 5

Chloe froze. She thought she had misheard, so she asked again.“What did you say? There’s a problem with the project?”“The contract is already signed. What problem could there possibly be?”Sabrina sounded both furious and panicked. “There isn’t just a problem. It’s a major problem. One that can’t be fixed.”Chloe laughed.“Stop messing with me.“You know exactly where that proposal came from. How could there be a problem?”“Come on, Sabrina. I’m about to destroy Natalie for good. Don’t start overthinking things now.”The next second, the boss’s voice came through the phone.“Chloe, I don’t care what you’re doing right now. Get back to the office immediately.”“If I don’t see you here in twenty minutes, pack your things and get out.”Chloe did not have the call on speaker, but Sabrina’s panic and the boss’s roar were loud enough for everyone around us to hear clearly.Chloe finally realized how serious it was.Her face went deathly pale. She pushed through the crowd and rushed toward

Chapter 6

I pretended to be surprised.“If I remember correctly, that project was signed and launched after I had already left.“Leaving aside the fact that it has nothing to do with me.”“Even if there had been a problem with the proposal I wrote while I was still employed, did none of you test it again? Did no one find the issue with the formula and correct it?“If that’s the case, Shoreline Sales was far too careless with the project.”“Now that such a major problem has happened, you’re trying to pin it on a former employee.“I have to say, your company has no class.”After I finished, some of the reporters and bystanders heard everything and could not help speaking up for me.“Now that something’s gone wrong, they’re blaming an employee who already left. If nothing had gone wrong, would they have paid her the bonus?“Of course they wouldn’t pay the bonus, but they sure want to dump the blame on her.”“With Vantage Group watching them closely, Shoreline Group won’t be able to shift responsibi

Chapter 7

After one employee said it, the others quickly chimed in.“Exactly. She’s always the fastest thinker, and she knows all our partners.”“If she steps in, she can at least keep things stable for a while.”From the assistant, I learned that the boss at my former company was hesitating, trying to decide whether to contact me.Afraid they would start pestering me, I immediately took the chance to clarify the rumors Shoreline Sales had spread about me.The evidence was more than enough to prove that my former company had maliciously framed me.While they were already in crisis, I moved fast and sent another court summons to my former company, adding more fuel to the fire.After seeing my evidence and my attitude, people online rushed to the company’s official account and cursed out the boss.[What a rotten company. They deserve every bit of this.][Leaving aside how much she did for your company while she was there, did you really have to destroy her after she left?][A boss who can’t stand

Chapter 8

The boss cried as he begged me to come back and save the company.“Natalie, you built this company with your own hands. I know you care deeply about it.”“The company is really about to collapse. Please, save it just this once.”Many employees also said the company could not survive without me.I looked coldly at the boss kneeling on the ground.“Someone in the company spread sexual rumors about me. I definitely can’t work in the same company as that person.”Before the boss could speak, Maggie hurriedly said, “Natalie, I know what kind of person you are.“Even if there were some misunderstandings between us before, I would never spread that kind of rumor about you. But I heard it myself. Sabrina and Chloe were the ones who incited people to slander you.“They bought all that fake material online.”The other coworkers also knew about my conflict with Sabrina and Chloe, so they quickly echoed her.They wanted to dump all the blame on those two.Chloe panicked instantly and cursed the co

Chapter 9

Chloe cried as if her heart were breaking.Meeting her gaze, I sighed softly.“That’s right. I promised I would teach you properly and help you grow.”“So why did you stab me in the back?”Chloe’s eyes darted away. She stammered, “I... I knew you would have better options.“Even if you left the company, you would still do well.”She knelt in front of me, looking painfully sincere.But just four days ago, she had been spreading rumors everywhere, trying to destroy me completely. Just yesterday, she had said today would be the day my career ended.Evil would never change.I looked coldly at the boss.“I won’t forgive either of them.”The two of them still wanted to struggle.But seeing how firm I was, the boss did not hesitate. He fired them on the spot.Sabrina panicked and reminded him, “Natalie may not be able to save the company, but I really am carrying your child.”But to the boss, he could always have another child.Whether I could save the company or not, I was the only person he

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