The company's $8 million deal was screwed up. For the first time, Chloe lost her temper with me, belittling me to nothing in front of everyone. Returning home at night, she put on a business-like attitude. "At work, there is no affection between us. Screwed up means screwed up, it's your fault." On my phone, her junior Jayden just sent me an apology text. [Brother Justin, it's all my fault for messing up this deal. Senior sister bought me a cupcake to comfort me, it's quite delicious. Let me order one for you too.] Next morning, Chloe skillfully threw the breakfast I made into the trash can. "Told you how many times, I don't eat breakfast." At work, my colleague Zach suddenly leaned over gossiping slyly. "Our newbie is really a fearless calf, dared to talk to President Chloe just now, and even bought her soy milk and baozi. Guess what? President Chloe not only ate it, but also commented it was delicious." So boring. Forget it. That person on the phone was still digging the wall relentlessly. "If really not working, I can be a spare tire too, consider me please." I pursed my lips. [No need, you are promoted to full-time.] Chapter 1 One second ago, I submitted my resignation to HR. The next second, I was called into Chloe's office. The moment I walked in, a cup of coffee splashed directly on me. The volume of water, enhanced by force, was like a slap, hitting my face heavily. A bit stinging pain. Aside, the man sitting on the leather sofa stared wide-eyed, unspeakably aggrieved. "Senior sister, don't blame Brother Justin, it's my fault. Messing up that deal was partly my responsibility. The one who should leave isn't Brother Justin, it's me." Chloe's voice was thick with anger. She rarely showed emotions like this. Again because of Jayden. "Are you dissatisfied with my criticism yesterday, so you deliberately ran to HR to make a scene of resignation, putting pressure on Jayden?" "As his superior, messing up the deal was originally your responsibility. How do you have the nerve to push all the blame on him?!" "Do you know how people in the company see him now? They all say you couldn't stand him, a troublesome intern, and were forced to resign. You go out and clarify with everyone now!" I thought she was reluctant to let go of me, her boyfriend of seven years. Didn't expect she was afraid that after I left, people in the company would look down on and make things difficult for Jayden. Jayden took out a tissue to blow his nose, casually throwing the snot-stained paper ball to the other end of the sofa. Chloe frowned almost imperceptibly. Three seconds later, she walked over, picked up the tissue and threw it into the trash can. I froze for a moment, heart shrinking slightly, dense pain spreading. In the second year of dating Chloe, we watched Hachi: A Dog's Tale at home. I was a bit emotional, eyes red, took a tissue to wipe. She pushed me away with disgust. "Sorry, I'm a germaphobe, trouble you clean yourself up." She turned to the bathroom, scrubbing herself up and down more than three times. As if she just touched some plague. I couldn't help sneering aloud. Turns out this germaphobia depends on the person. I looked deeply at Chloe. "I resigned because I don't want to do it anymore, not because of anything else." Chloe didn't believe. "Then why resign today of all days? Isn't it because of the deal messed up yesterday?" "Justin, don't use those petty tricks on Jayden, otherwise don't blame me for not caring about old feelings." I sighed, losing the desire to argue with her like before. Facing Chloe, all my emotions were like a leaking pot with a hole. Water comes in, goes out quickly. She was also present at that messed up contract. Originally talked to the end, the other party had already agreed to our cooperation. Jayden suddenly rushed in, insisting on toasting the other party's CEO. The CEO was already showing displeasure then. But he seemed blind. A newbie intern just entered the door, actually forcing the CEO to drink. I don't know how he dared. The CEO got angry. I pressed him down, apologizing to the CEO with a smile. I asked him to punish himself with three cups, but he suddenly shouted louder than anyone. "Brother Justin, although I'm just an intern, you can't bully people with power, right?" At that time Chloe's face was ugly as if wanting to kill someone. I thought it was because of this deal that should have been secured but failed. Didn't expect it was because I made Jayden apologize and punish himself with three cups. I'm really tired. "I'm really not making a scene, Chloe, let's break up." Finished, ignoring her gloomy face, I packed my things and left the company. Back home, I started packing my luggage again. Breaking up is troublesome like this. Too many things, packing takes a lot of time. Suddenly, my hand paused, digging out a shirt not belonging to me in the drawer. The shirt was densely covered with hickeys. Could tell the parties involved were very urgent and passionate at that time. I threw the shirt into the trash can, took a photo and sent it to Chloe. On the phone, Chloe was sending me explanatory messages. I didn't reply, dialed another number. "Didn't you say you want to take the position?" Chapter 2 On the other end of the phone, Gwen screamed in excitement. She offered to come help me move luggage, I refused. If she bumped into Chloe then, I was afraid she would conflict with Chloe. Better to avoid trouble. I still have a house in the West Side. Once the bonus for this month comes down, the mortgage for that house can be fully paid off. Finally can have a home of my own. Thinking of this, mood warmed up a lot. Doorbell rang. I thought the mover arrived. Opened the door, it was Chloe. I was surprised for a moment, suspecting my own illusion. Last year my appendicitis flared up, fainting from pain at home. Called her, wanting her to come back and send me to the hospital. Her attitude was cold. "I'm working, Justin. You are a normal adult, can't even dial a simple 911 call?" But last week, Jayden accidentally spilled warm water on his hand in the company, shouted pain once, and she hugged him in public, drove him to the hospital personally. She never leaves early, unless it's Jayden, who can break her principles. Didn't expect today I could be lucky enough to make her break a rule once. She glanced at my already packed luggage, voice revealing a trace of imperceptible panic. "What are you doing?! Making a scene? Deliberately saying break up to force me to bow?" "Didn't I send you a message explaining? That was left by Jayden accidentally in our house. That day he was caught in the rain, I let him come up to drink a cup of ginger tea. His shirt happened to be torn, so he changed a set of clothes in our house before leaving." I narrowed my eyes, recalling following her words. That was the week before last when I was on a business trip. I went abroad to discuss business, encountered a rainstorm upon returning, wanted Chloe to drive to pick me up. She said she was working overtime at the company, no time, let me take a taxi back myself. When I got home, seeing the unfinished ginger tea on the coffee table, I thought she specially prepared it for me. Turns out I picked up someone else's leftovers. Maybe thinking of this matter, Chloe looked unnatural. "Don't think too much." I shook my head, face calm. "I didn't think too much, it's not important anymore." Chloe looked strange, staring at me for a long while. Half a day later, her voice somewhat hoarse, asked tentatively. "Why aren't you angry anymore?" So she knew I was angry before. But she didn't care either. Instead reprimanded me every time, saying I was petty, dirty heart seeing everything dirty. I just wanted to say, about me moving out. Chloe's phone rang. Jayden was noisy on the other end, saying he was bullied. Chloe glared at me angrily, sneered. "So waiting for me here, Justin, good tactics." Before I understood what happened, Chloe pulled my wrist hard, dragged me into the car. Inside the car, there was the smell of men's cologne. Similar to the smell on Jayden. Hanging in the car was a Jellycat doll, same as Jayden's WeChat avatar. After working in Chloe's company, I never sat in her car again. She said she was afraid of gossip from people in the company, so our relationship was not made public. The territory I couldn't step into anymore, turns out occupied by someone long ago. No more that sour swelling pain in heart, only the thought of "as expected". Just arrived at the company, Chloe pulled me off the car rudely. My ankle twisted, I fell to the ground. She seemed not to see, sneered. "Pretending what?" She winked at the bodyguard. Bodyguard grabbed my back collar with one hand, dragging me into the company like dragging trash. Chapter 3 Dragged me all the way to my previous workstation. Wrists and knees had long been rubbed with bloody marks. I lay on the ground like a stray dog. Chloe protected Jayden in her arms, warning in a deep voice. "I don't care who instructed you to bully an intern, but it's not Justin's turn to call the shots in this company." "If you want to stay, show your attitude." Zach's face was pale, daring not move aside. On the way here, Zach already texted me. After I left, Jayden worked under him. A lazy and slippery intern, what can he do? Asked him to order a meal for a client and he got it wrong. Zach just said a few words to Jayden, didn't expect Jayden called Chloe directly to complain. Jayden buried his head in Chloe's shoulder, the two intimate as if no one else was there. "Senior sister, I don't know what I did... I just saw that client was a bit fat, ordered a diet meal for him, Zach just scolded me harshly..." Chloe stood on tiptoes, rubbed his head, saying she would seek justice for him. She scanned everyone coldly. "I know Justin has good relationships with you. Seeing him resign, you want to vent for him. But this time it was his own work error, no face to stay in the company, nothing to do with Jayden." "I say it again, if you want to stay, show your attitude, otherwise all get out." Everyone's face turned white, understanding Chloe's implication. Harry, whom I brought up personally, walked to me. He closed his eyes tight, whispered sorry, raised his hand and slapped my face. Chloe stood there indifferently, only said one sentence. "Where are the others?" The rest stepped forward one after another, scrambling to slap my face one after another. Those I helped, those who helped me... Blood dripped down the corner of my mouth. My head was dizzy and swollen, eardrums buzzing, consciousness started to blur a bit. Jayden laughed out loud. "Senior sister, look at him, so pitiful, like a big pig head." Chloe's eyes were like ice, words even more merciless. "People with such deep schemes, only knowing intrigue, are not worthy of staying in our company at all." "His resignation application is rejected, fired directly. This Year-End Bonus is also withdrawn, moved to Jayden." I widened my eyes in disbelief. Anger spread like a spider web, layer by layer, binding my whole heart. "Chloe! That's what I deserve! On what grounds?" Company convention, amount decided by projects won by each person. From discussing business, to drafting proposals, finalizing, arguing with clients, I did it all alone. To get one more percent, I drank until early morning to go home. This year-end bonus, was money for me to pay off the mortgage... Parents divorced when I was young, no one wanted me, kicking me around like a ball. Thrown to uncle's house, aunt hated me, often threatened me, if I didn't listen would kick me out. So that when I grew up, I was very afraid of having nowhere to go. After being with Chloe, I stuck to her desperately, afraid she would kick me out. No matter where she went, I had to master her dynamics. Fiery love also has a day of being extinguished. I started to pin hope on money, using money to buy a house of my own. So if I break up with Chloe later, kicked out, I won't have no place to live. I made money like crazy, finally scraped together the down payment. These years saving penny by penny, paying loans, pressure huge, losing hair day and night, turning gray early. Chloe saw all these. She clearly knew how much I valued this bonus. But now, her tone sarcastic. "Just because this company is mine, just because you bullied Jayden, you should compensate him!" All my words were blocked in my throat. Huge nausea surged in my stomach, impacting my entire esophagus. More than three hundred thousand year-end bonus, she gave it to an intern who did nothing casually. I gritted my teeth, enduring dizziness, thrown out of the company by security called by Chloe. Just out of the company, Chloe sent a text message. [Today's matter was originally your fault.] Maybe seeing I didn't reply, she sent another one. [Alright, I might have gone a bit too far, but that's also because you didn't give Jayden any face. After all he is my junior, you letting people bully him like this, I inevitably got a bit angry.] [I'm going on a business trip to France tomorrow, just right the new product you want is on sale there, I buy it to apologize to you okay?] She didn't know yet, one minute ago, Jayden showed off on social media. "Because I want to see the Eiffel Tower, someone used public office for private gain, saying take me on business trip together~ Good to be a puppy~" I blocked these two people into the blacklist casually. Chapter 4 One week later. Chloe ended the business trip, holding new cufflinks in hand, feeling a bit guilty. She originally planned to go for only three days, didn't expect Jayden kept dragging her to shop this and that. For a time, she forgot to message Justin. Coming back today is also to give Justin a surprise. Thinking of Justin waiting at home, Chloe felt warm inside, steps home also a bit impatient. Pushing open the house door, Chloe called Justin's name twice. No answer. Those suitcases Justin packed last time were also gone. Things about Justin in the room were also gone. Chloe's breath hitched, face pale, an unbelievable thought popped up. Huge panic surged towards her like a tide. "Won't be..." She knew how much Justin cared about her. These years, Justin proposed to marry her more than once. A man actively proposing marriage means he determined you for this life. So Chloe always regarded Justin as something in the bag, never worried he would leave. As long as she says marriage one day, Justin can drop everything at hand and go to City Hall together without hesitation. Besides here, where else can Justin go? Justin cut ties with his parents long ago, only occasionally contacted uncle's side, but he knew his aunt didn't like seeing him, so impossible to go to his uncle's. That small house he scraped down payment to buy? Chloe's eyes lit up for a moment, hurried to take cufflinks, drove towards West Side. But arrived at West Side, she stopped. Where is the house Justin bought? She didn't know. A trace of annoyance in her eyes. Chloe didn't expect Justin would really move to that small house, so never cared about the location of that house. Justin asked for her opinion when buying the house before, she just glanced, said don't know. So that she has nowhere to get the location information of that house now. Chloe only discovered when driving just now, Justin blocked her on WeChat. She didn't know when she was blocked. This week, she didn't message him. Was it because he was jealous so blocked her? Chloe couldn't figure it out. She took out her phone, called Justin. Who knew, an AI female voice on the other end completely panicked her. She never dreamed that Justin actually blocked all her contact methods. Chloe suddenly recalled Justin's appearance when proposing break up in the office that day, so calm. She realized, Justin was serious this time. Chloe only felt a hemp rope slowly winding around her heart, making her suffocate. She covered her chest, squatted on the ground, gasping for breath. "Justin..." Just as she wanted to ask someone to inquire about Justin's house location, the phone rang. Gwen's triumphant voice came into her ears. "Chloe, I'm getting engaged, my husband just accepted me." "There is an Engagement Party tonight, come attend." Chloe's brain throbbed with pain. She heard the show-off in Gwen's words, but she was in no mood for any engagement party. "I have something, can't..." Unexpectedly the other side seemed to guess something, shouted. "You must be present, do you want to find someone? You come, I help you find." Chloe ignored the intuitive discomfort in her heart, agreed to Gwen's invitation. She and Gwen were not very familiar, just college classmates. Didn't know why Gwen insisted she attend some engagement party today, but she knew Gwen is the youngest daughter of the Gu family, having many resources, asking her to find a person should be easy. At night, Chloe originally wanted to go alone. But Jayden heard from somewhere she was going to the engagement party, insisted on following to see the world. Thinking about it, Chloe agreed. I amusedly watched Gwen changing five or six dresses in front of me like a peacock spreading tail. "Which one looks good?" I thought: "All look good." "Why insist on Chloe coming?" Gwen panicked a bit, hurried over to hold my hand. "You heard all?" "Angry? I was just too happy..." I shook my head, smilingly hugged her, walked out together. Just went out, a gaze locked firmly on me. I looked following the gaze, only saw Chloe trembling, blood on face faded completely, under the light, like a water ghost fished out of water.
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