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Maybe I had already sensed something was wrong back then.
It’s too easy for a woman to notice when something’s off with her partner.
Not coming home at night, unexplained overtime.
Suddenly finding cute little decorations at home that weren’t there before.
All these little things, I had long suspected something was wrong.
But Lucas had hidden it so well, I just couldn’t find any evidence.
Wiping away my tears, I moved my things from the car into my new home.
I didn’t have the energy to properly unpack everything, so I just rested for now.
Things had gotten to this point with Lucas, and I wasn’t short on money anyway.
I still had to go to the company tomorrow.
10:26 PM
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Lucas owned 30% of the company shares, while I owned 21%.
There was no reason for him to sit in the office every day while I had to run around for business, putting on fake smiles and drinking until I threw up.
The next day when I arrived at the company, I noticed everyone looking at me strangely.
Before I could ask, my former assistant quietly told me.
Lucas had promoted Jasmine to be his personal secretary.
The two of them were openly affectionate at the office, no longer caring about others‘ opinions.
“Olivia… this…”
My assistant felt indignant on my behalf, but I shook my head.
“Lucas and I have broken up, his business is none of my concern.”
I actually have a very gentle personality. In the past, my friends would call me a
Because I seemed to never get angry, not even knowing how to fight back when bullied.
After getting together with Lucas, he would always stand up for me when I was wronged.
But now, Lucas was the one bullying me.
I didn’t know what to do.
I decided to resign.
There was no point in staying at this company anymore.
I arranged all my work and gave instructions.
I had shares in the company, so I didn’t need to worry about money.
Now I wanted to travel and relax, not be a workhorse anymore.
“Senior, what’s wrong?” I heard Jasmine’s voice as I was giving instructions.
The smugness in her tone was about to overflow.
I couldn’t be bothered to deal with her and continued delegating tasks.
“Senior is resigning? Why not stay on? Even though you broke up with Lucas, if I put in a good word, you could still keep working here,”
“After all, our company’s benefits are quite good. Most people wouldn’t want to leave. Don’t you agree, senior?”
Jasmine sat down at my desk, crossing her legs and playing with her nails.
Seeing her arrogant attitude, I couldn’t imagine how this Jasmine was the same person who had begged me for help before.
Back then, she had clung to me, constantly calling me “senior“.
Later she said she couldn’t find a job.
I pulled some strings to get her into the company, and personally mentored her on how to negotiate deals.
But Jasmine couldn’t adapt to running around for businese
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10:26 PM
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But Jasmine couldn’t adapt to running around for business.
So I arranged a cushy job for her instead.
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But now that she had hooked up with Lucas, she came to flaunt her power in front of me.
I looked down at her and smiled.
“You should stop calling me senior. I don’t have any juniors who are homewreckers.”
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The company employees all perked up their ears to listen to the gossip between Jasmine and me.
With that one sentence, Jasmine was sure to feature prominently in the company rumors for a while.
“You!” Jasmine was furious, pointing at me.
But there wasn’t much she could do to me.
“Hmph!” Jasmine gave a cold laugh, then turned her attention to the few people who were close to me.
“You, you, and you lot – what are you doing slacking off during work hours?”
“Should I tell Lucas to fire you all?”
“Our company has plenty of people wanting to join anyway, losing a few of you won’t matter!”
Hearing this, my expression changed.
The people Jasmine had singled out were all those who had good relationships with me.
I knew Jasmine was targeting them because of me.
Even though Jasmine didn’t actually have the authority to fire them now, if she whispered in Lucas’s ear…
Lily and the others would definitely have a hard time.
“Who do you think you are? A homewrecker who slept her way up thinks she can throw her weight around now!”
Lily had always been direct and immediately confronted Jasmine.
I was trying to think of a solution when I saw Lucas come over too.
“What’s all this noise about? Don’t you have work to do?”
Lucas frowned, his tone very unpleasant.
“Lucas, they were all slacking off at work. I think we should fire them!”
Jasmine immediately went to cling to his arm and act coy when she saw Lucas.
Lucas heard Jasmine’s words and glanced at me.
I looked at him expressionlessly, not saying anything.
I thought it was just a few words from Jasmine. Lucas knew these people were all trained by me personally.
He wouldn’t fire them just based on her baseless accusations.
10:26 PM
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But I was wrong. Lucas seemed determined to go against me.
“Fine, you lot don’t need to come in tomorrow.”
Lucas said these words while still looking at me.
Did he want me to beg?
I tugged at the corner of my mouth. Did Lucas think I would just let him bully me?
“Lucas, have you forgotten I still hold 21% of the company shares?”
