All Chapters of Failed Probation Because My Grandma Died: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

Geoffrey's POVOn the last day of my internship, I was called into the office of the HR manager, Dorothy Kellan. "Geoffrey Miller, your application for a permanent position has been rejected by the company."I wasn't particularly surprised to hear the outcome. “Additionally, your excessive leave during the internship seriously disrupted work progress. So, in accordance with company policy, your entire three months' pay for the internship will be forfeited."I failed to stifle a laugh. "Ms. Kellan, I need an explanation."Dorothy seemed provoked by my reaction. She sat up abruptly and fixed her gaze sharply on me. "An explanation? What explanation do you need? It's written in black and white—interns are not allowed to take more than two days of leave. How many did you take?""Three days," I replied calmly. "First, the leave I took was bereavement leave for my grandmother. That is statutory leave under national law. Second, I submitted all the required supporting documents and r

Chapter 2

Ethan sauntered over to me, looking down his nose with a deliberately exaggerated air of surprise that was downright sickening. "Oh, Geoff, why are you suddenly packing? Did Ms. Kellan say something harsh? Don't take it to heart—she's all bark, no bite."He reached out to put a hand on my box, but I sidestepped him. I couldn't be bothered to look at him and kept sweeping the odds and ends off my desk into the box.Evidently bored by my silence, he let a note of triumphant smugness creep into his voice. "But don't take it too hard, Geoff. Just because this company didn't work out doesn't mean nowhere else will. Tell you what—in a few days, I'll have my girlfriend keep an eye out and hook you up with a decent job. How about that?"I finally stopped what I was doing, looked up at him, and said nothing.He seemed a little unsettled under my gaze, but he puffed out his chest anyway.I picked up my cardboard box and turned to leave."Geoffrey!"Tamara Gardner from reception came

Chapter 3

"I was just on the phone with Geoffrey a couple of minutes ago. He didn't mention feeling unwell," Gizanne said.Tamara's face went white in an instant. Her lips trembled, but not a single word came out. That reaction alone said more than any explanation could.Gizanne's heart sank. She realized something was wrong. Just as her patience was wearing thin, the lights in the banquet hall dimmed, and a spotlight hit the center of the stage. The host announced with great enthusiasm that the welcome dinner for new hires had officially begun.Then, Dorothy, who was dressed in a crisp new suit and beaming with confidence, stepped onto the stage. Basking in the attention from the audience, she cleared her throat and announced in a measured, theatrical tone, "Good evening, distinguished leaders and fellow colleagues!"Today is a day worth celebrating, because our company has once again welcomed a fresh wave of talent. After three months of rigorous evaluation, a select group of outstanding

Chapter 4

The question landed like a blow, leaving everyone in the room stunned.The crowd that had been applauding so enthusiastically just moments before now seemed frozen mid-motion. Everyone's faces were etched with disbelief.Brother? Gizanne's brother? Which Geoffrey?Almost instantly, every gaze in the room swept like searchlights toward a certain corner of the room, searching for that usually plain figure they had all but forgotten. However, the corner was empty.Dorothy's face flushed, paled, and turned ashen within a single second. Her hands, still clutching the cue card, trembled like leaves in an autumn gale. She opened her mouth, but her throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, and not a single syllable escaped her.How could Geoffrey be Gizanne's brother? That plain-dressed intern who never argued with anyone, who she'd pushed around so easily?Down in the audience, Ethan's smug smile had frozen solid. His designer suit seemed to lose its luster in an instant. He stood ro

Chapter 5

Geoffrey's POVDorothy pretty much cried out the truth. "I thought that Mr. Holte was your fiance and our future boss! He said the company belonged to his family, and Mr. Fitzroy said the same! I was just... I was just trying to clear the path for our future boss in advance, which is why I got rid of that eyesore, Geoffrey! Ms. Miller, I did it all for you!"The confession hit the room like a thunderclap, stunning everyone senseless. Was Dorothy trying to anticipate Gizanne's every move? Trying to get into the boss' good books? Clearing the path for them?The entire hall fell into a deathly silence. Even the air itself seemed to have solidified. All eyes flicked between the frosty Gizanne on stage, the frantic Dorothy, and Ethan, who was on the verge of collapsing in the audience.A carefully prepared welcome dinner had, in the blink of an eye, turned into an absurd farce. At the center of all this stood an intern everyone had believed they could push around at will.Gizanne lis

Chapter 6

Dorothy broke down completely. She lunged wildly at me, trying to grab my phone, but the bodyguards behind Gizanne stopped her cold.The recording did not stop there either. It even captured Winston's voice as he reported to Dorothy how he had seamlessly credited the Starlight Project proposal—something I had stayed up three entire nights to complete—to Ethan's name.The truth, in its cruelest and most irrefutable form, was laid bare for all to see. Ethan's lies, Dorothy's bullying, Winston's cowardice, and the ugly faces of all those sycophants—every last bit of it was exposed in that moment.I saw Ethan, under the weight of countless scornful gazes, buckle at the knees and crumple to the floor in disgrace. The female colleagues who had once fawned over him now looked at him with nothing but revulsion. When the recording ended, a sharp burst of static crackled through the speakers, and the hall sank into a silence even more terrifying than before.I turned off my phone and slipp

Chapter 7

My eyes stung a little, but I didn't let the tears fall.I looked at Gizanne, then at all the varied faces in the audience below. I knew this absurd farce was finally over, and this storm had sounded the harshest possible warning for every opportunist out there.The door of the CEO's office closed behind me, shutting out all the whispered speculation and prying eyes. The world fell quiet once more. Gizanne handed me a glass of warm water. The frigid, distant air she carried around her finally softened somewhat in the space that held only the two of us."Geoff, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I should have seen this coming." Gizanne spoke again, her voice carrying a weariness and self-reproach I rarely heard from her.I held the glass and shook my head. "Gigi, this isn't your fault. Miller Corporation is huge. You've got tens of thousands of employees. You can't possibly know every single intern.""But you're not just any intern." Her brow was furrowed, a clear indication that s

Chapter 8

"You're not a parasitic vine. You're a cactus—spines and all," Gizanne said, walking over to the floor-to-ceiling window with her back to me, looking out over the city's glittering skyline. "You're right. Parachuting you into the marketing department would taint everything you've worked for. That's not what I want to see, and it's certainly not what Grandma would have wanted either."She turned around. Her gaze was sharp as it settled on me. "So, I'm offering you a real opportunity—one that's 100 times harder than deputy director of marketing, and 100 times more aboveboard as well."I said nothing, waiting for her to continue."The company's board of directors recently passed a resolution to establish an entirely new independent department, temporarily called the Innovation Projects Department."Gizanne walked to her desk, pulled a thin folder marked "Highly Confidential" from a stack of documents, and handed it to me."The goal of this department is to tackle the most cutting-e

Chapter 9

The announcement was concise and clear—a new department, independent from all existing business lines, was being established to take full responsibility for Miller Corporation's exploratory ventures into cutting-edge technology and emerging markets. The person in charge of this new department was me, an intern who, only three days earlier, had been fired for taking excessive leaves of absence. The company's internal anonymous forums and departmental chat groups exploded. Geoffrey, the intern who had been trampled underfoot by Ethan, ignored by Winston, and humiliated by Dorothy, had suddenly transformed into a department head on par with the directors of major business divisions, reporting directly to the CEO herself.Speculation ran wild. Talks about me being related to the CEO, carrying out undercover inspection, and playing the underdog spread to every corner of the company.The marketing department was especially shaken into silence. Winston in particular, I heard, had acci

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