Semua Bab One Gift Card Made My Whole Family Panic After I Resigned: Bab 1 - Bab 9

“What’s with that attitude? Are you really acting like you’re above receiving a supermarket gift card?”Sienna shot me a look, her voice completely unbothered by her own open contempt.“Evangeline, you need to learn some gratitude. The company provides you with a platform, gives you a computer, and even covers your healthcare and benefits. You just typed a few useless lines of code—do you seriously think you’re some kind of hero here?”I looked up at her.“A few useless lines of code? Without those lines of code, the underlying logic of that photo-editing app wouldn’t even run. The company couldn’t even pay staff salaries last month. Where did you get the money to buy a Porsche?”“Silence!”My father, Leander, slammed his hand onto the dining table. He pointed right at my nose, the veins on his forehead bulging.“Who do you think you’re talking to? Without the platform our family company provided, that useless app of yours wouldn’t even have been qualified for launch! Besides, a

The marks from his fingers stung across my cheek like they’d been seared by fire.Looking at my raging father standing before me, and Delphine standing beside him gloating, I suddenly found the whole situation hilarious.I nodded. “Fine. I won’t change it.“And I’m leaving.”I turned around and walked straight into the HR office.When I pushed the door open, Sienna was sitting in her executive chair, filing her nails. Seeing me walk in, she didn’t even bother lifting her eyelids.“What? Can’t handle working in the cleaning department?” Sienna pulled open a drawer, produced a long stack of corporate fine notices, and slapped them onto the desk. “Evangeline, your stress tolerance is pathetic. Looking for your employment exit clearance, are you? Pay off these fines first.”I stepped forward and picked up the stack of penalty slips.The items listed line after line were truly something to behold:“Entered the office with the wrong foot three times last month, violating company pol

“Your CTO office has been fully prepared, and the eight-million-dollar salary contract has already been stamped by legal,” Gideon said smoothly.The moment the words left his mouth, a dead silence fell over the entire lobby.The four members of the Rhodes family stood frozen on the spot, unable to move a muscle.Leander’s hand, still hanging in midair, trembled slightly. His eyes were opened wide, and his mouth hung agape.“Mr. ...Mr. Parker…” Leander stammered out, his voice floating with disbelief. “Did ... did you mistake her for someone else? Her name is Evangeline! She’s my daughter—just a low-level worker who types basic code! How could she possibly be your Chief Technology Officer?”Delphine snapped back to her senses as well, screeching as she rushed forward.“Exactly, Mr. Parker! Don’t let her fool you! She hasn’t even finished college, and she sits around at home eating our food and waiting to die every day! She must have sold her body! How could a piece of trash like h

The next afternoon, the four members of the Rhodes family showed up in the plaza in front of Nexora Technologies’ headquarters.They were still wearing yesterday’s high-end outfits, which they hadn’t even had time to change out of, leaving them looking rumpled and disheveled. In their hands, they held several crudely made cardboard signs with red spray paint reading: [Nexora Technologies CTO Evangeline Rhodes Is an Unfilial Monster Driving Her Own Father to Death!]“Evangeline, get out here! Give us back our hard-earned money!”Delphine had even set up a tripod and phone on the side, preparing to stream live to play the victim.“Guys, you won’t believe this…Evangeline Rhodes joined a big corporation, completely turned her back on us, and is trying to ruin our family business! Poor Dad is in his sixties, out here freezing in the wind…”Valentina sat on the pavement, slapping her thighs and wailing at the top of her lungs, attempting to use a public temper tantrum to guilt passersby

The lobby was an absolute mess.The once-haughty employees of Rhodes Enterprises were packing up their personal belongings in low spirits.I walked over to the HR department area.Sienna was crouching on the floor, shoving several file folders into a beat-up cardboard box. The high-end tailored suit she had once been so proud of hadn’t been changed in days, exuding a stale, sour odor.Hearing footsteps, Sienna raised her head.When she saw me, a flash of humiliation crossed her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a groveling, servile expression.She stood up, rubbing her hands together in total humility.“Ev—Ms. Rhodes …you’re here to inspect the grounds?”I looked at her, remaining silent.Right at that moment, Delphine charged in from outside. She was wearing a skimpy slip dress with heavy makeup.The moment she spotted Gideon Parker standing right behind me, her eyes lit up instantly. She shamelessly plastered herself against him, her voice sickeningly sweet and overly fl