All Chapters of I Decide if She's Promoted: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

In the conference room, Bryan Shepard was whining pitifully, "Caitlin, Zane ruined the deal with Mr. Eaton and framed me for it. A suspension is way too light a punishment, don't you think? You can't keep covering for your veteran employees."Covering for me?I let out a cold laugh.When Bryan was badmouthing Uncle Donovan, Caitlin Wiggins was right there and witnessed Uncle Donovan's outburst firsthand. At the time, she had come to me begging, promising she would punish Bryan severely afterward. She even swore that as long as I could win back Uncle Donovan's favor, she would finally make our relationship public.I had waited seven whole years for that promise. I really thought she'd finally noticed all the effort I'd put in over the years, and that I was about to get my happy ending.For that, I staked my dignity and begged Uncle Donovan on my knees to win him back.But never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that instead of making our relationship public, I would be framed,

All these years, I had stubbornly held on, desperate to prove to my parents that I had made the right choice. But only now, after Caitlin had hurt me so deeply and left my heart bleeding, did I finally understand that although my parents' actions back then had been extreme, they had only been looking out for me.It was just that in my youthful arrogance, I had refused to listen.I had already pulled up my father's number—Morgan Archer—and was struggling with whether to make the call and swallow my pride to apologize when, a second later, his name flashed across the screen. He was calling me. "Valerie is returning to the country tomorrow evening and will be having dinner at our house," he said icily. "I wasn't planning on inviting you, but I didn't want to be discourteous."I knew he was just putting on a tough front. Valerie Durham, my childhood friend, had her own family, so why would she randomly come to my house for dinner? She was undoubtedly the reinforcement Dad had brough

It was ridiculous, really. Bryan had stolen my project, so if something went wrong, it was his responsibility to begin with. And yet, Caitlin could actually praise him for just doing his job?Caitlin's face hardened as she pointed a finger at me. "Zane, I'll give you one last chance—"I cut her off. "Stop. No matter how many times you say it, I'm not going to help clean up your messes anymore. Since Bryan is so capable, what do you have to worry about if you just leave it to him?"Because I kept pushing back, Caitlin's face turned red with rage."I gave you a chance. Don't you regret this. Not only am I approving your resignation, but I'll also make sure you're blacklisted across the entire industry. Let's see who else would want you besides me!"She dragged a bewildered Francis into Bryan's car and sped off.I shook my head, completely unconcerned. Then, I tossed the flowers into the trash and turned to walk into the bar.I was in the middle of having a great time when Uncle Do

Caitlin snapped. "Just because I didn't do what you wanted, you decided to take revenge on me? You, of all people, should know how much I've sacrificed for the CEO position."Revenge?I let out a cold laugh and said, "I had the project well in hand, yet you insisted on handing it over to Bryan to pad his credentials. Now that things have gone wrong, you want to blame me? How utterly absurd!"I had no idea when she had developed this habit of always shifting the blame onto others.Feeling the strange looks from everyone around her, and already irritated from just losing her job, Caitlin raised an eyebrow at me and retorted, "Are you saying that you're completely blameless?"If you hadn't hidden things from me, how would I have made this mistake? Seven years together, and this is how little you trust me? Were you ever serious about building a future with me?"Uncle Donovan was about to explode in anger and say something, but I raised a hand to stop him.Whatever love had once exis

Caitlin paused for a moment before asking, "You own this apartment? Zane, you come from such a wealthy family, yet you deliberately tricked me into living a hard-up life with you?"I could sense she was about to launch into another long-winded lecture, so I hung up without hesitation.It hadn't been my choice to leave home, and as for making her live a hard-up life—well, that depended on what she was comparing it to.Aside from a slightly rough start, things had gone pretty smoothly for us. I covered the rent and all our daily expenses, and I always bought her gifts for every holiday and special occasion. In fact, I never touched a single cent of her income, letting her keep it all to herself. Over the years, she had likely saved up more than enough for a down payment on an apartment of her own. It was just that I didn't know how much of that savings was left after she bought so many expensive gifts for Bryan. Not long after, Caitlin called me again. I immediately blocked her on