I once had Chloe sign off on a project that had already been fully negotiated.

Just as the client’s boss was about to sign, Chloe suddenly asked, “Can this project actually make money?”

The client immediately assumed that if we had no confidence in the project, it had to be a losing deal. He refused to sign on the spot.

I stayed up all night drafting a new proposal that finally satisfied them.

I also promised that I would personally follow the project from start to finish. Only then did we manage to save the partnership.

Afterward, I asked Chloe for an explanation. She only lowered her head and wiped her tears.

“I can’t even understand the proposal. How was I supposed to know whether it would make money? Fine, I just won’t go sign anything next time.”

At the time, I was buried in work and too exhausted to argue with her, so I ignored her stupidity.

And it was not just Chloe.

I helped a lot of people in the company finish their work, largely because they were too stupid, and I was too tired to communicate with them.

But now that I was leaving, these idiots had finally realized something. If they could not properly take over the work I handed off, there would definitely be trouble.

So when they saw Sabrina pressuring me to hand over my work, they all blocked my way.

“Everyone has to hand over their work before resigning. Until you finish the handover, don’t even think about leaving this office.”

Their bloodshot eyes fixed on me.

It was as if we had truly been bitter enemies for the past few years.

Thinking back on all the times they had thanked me, I found it absurd.

At the same time, I had no desire to keep arguing with this rotten crowd.

So I sent each of them the documents they wanted me to hand over.

A full 3,200 pages.

Every page was proof of the overtime I had put in because of them.

But when they received the files, all they did was complain.

“How am I supposed to finish this much work?”

“Sure, it’s my job, but Natalie has always been the one handling it. Am I really supposed to start from the beginning? ”

“This work is so hard. How could anyone handle it properly?”

Sabrina quickly said, “Natalie is only sending you this much to scare you. The actual handover definitely won’t take more than ten minutes.

“Otherwise, how did she finish all of it by herself?”

Everyone thought Sabrina had a point, and they immediately looked much more relieved.

I was afraid I might laugh out loud, so I grabbed my box and tried to leave as quickly as possible.

But Sabrina spoke again.

“You’ve settled what you owe the company, but you still haven’t settled what you owe your coworkers.”

I frowned. “What do I owe any of you?”

Chloe gritted her teeth. “Money, obviously.

“Every project bonus gave you the biggest cut. You must have skimmed our share. Hurry up and give it back.”

After Chloe said that, my coworkers looked at me with even more resentment.

Only then did I understand why they had all turned on me with Sabrina.

They believed I had taken money that belonged to them.

“Bonuses are distributed based on each person’s contribution to the project. If you’re unhappy, take it up with the boss. Why are you coming after me?”

Chloe twisted the truth without blinking. “Because you stole our credit. That’s why the boss gave the money to the wrong person.”

“Then report me to the boss.

“Or report me to the police. Or serve me a court summons. As long as a court rules that I owe you the money, I’ll pay.

“But if you keep blocking me and refusing to let me leave, I’m calling the police right now.”

I took out my phone and was about to dial.

“Natalie, that’s enough. You’re already leaving the company. Do you still have to cause trouble for everyone?”

The boss hurried out of his office and turned to Chloe.

“You were wronged before, that’s true. But if you do well on the next project, the bonus will only be bigger.”

Right in front of me, he handed the project I had prepared a week ago to Sabrina and Chloe.

When he asked me to draft the proposal, he told me that if the project went well, the promotion would be mine.

Back then, Chloe had even complained on my behalf.

“Sabrina can’t even do proper background research on the client’s company. She’s no better than me, but somehow she’s on the same level as you.

“You should have been promoted already. Instead, they’re making you work even harder.”

But now, Chloe was standing beside Sabrina, holding the project and looking at me with a smug expression.

Sabrina and Chloe thought they had picked up a bargain.

What they did not know was that there was still an unresolved problem in the proposal.

If it was not fixed, the consequences would be more than the boss could repay even if he lost everything.

I had planned to use my vacation time to solve it.

Now, I no longer had to worry about it.

The boss did not have to worry either. After all, those two were equally incompetent. They might not even notice it.

I could not help laughing. Then I walked toward the door, feeling lighter than I had in years.

As Sabrina brushed past me, she leaned close to my ear and said, “Natalie, this won’t end well for you.”

I raised an eyebrow.

The ones it would not end well for were them.

I had planned to take some time off, but an older college friend who had been trying to recruit me was afraid another company would snap me up first.

He offered me a $30,000 base salary per month on the spot.

He also gave me a benefit before my official start date: one hundred days of paid vacation.

After signing the contract with him, I began my vacation routine.

I was lying in a lakeside inn near Lake Haven when I unexpectedly received a message from Chloe.

[I heard you still haven’t started anywhere. Looks like everyone knows what kind of person you are. No one wants you at all.]

[Our project gets signed tomorrow. That million-dollar year-end bonus? I’ll spend it for you, Mentor.]

[I used to think earning commission was hard. Then I realized you had been stealing it from us all along.]

I had no intention of responding to Chloe’s rambling.

But three days later, she suddenly sent me another message.

[The top salesperson who slept her way to the top. How shameless. Some of those bosses have families. Aren’t you afraid karma will come for you after being someone’s mistress?]

[Turns out your mother was a homewrecker who climbed her way up. No wonder you could do something so cheap.]

[Good thing we fired you. Otherwise, you really would have held our company back.]

I froze. I tried to reply, only to find that she had already blocked and deleted me.

Many people in the industry also came to ask me what was going on.

Only then did I discover that my former company’s rumors about me had already gone viral.

I was so angry that my whole body shook. I contacted a lawyer right away to preserve the evidence.

Filing a police report would take time, but online, people took my silence as an admission and joined in, even attacking my mother.

My mother was so furious she ended up in the hospital.

I was forced to end my vacation early.

The day I arrived at the hospital, Chloe showed up with a crowd of reporters and surrounded me.

“Natalie, as a well-known top salesperson in the industry, don’t you feel any guilt for using such dirty methods?”

Chloe pressed me for an answer.

The reporters shoved their cameras into my face.

Chloe leaned close to my ear and whispered, “Remember this day. It’s the day your career ends.”

I slapped the court summons against her face.

“Then you remember this too. Today is the countdown to your arrest.”

Chloe smiled and shook her head.

“No. Tonight is the celebration dinner for my project. It’s a double victory.”

But the moment she finished speaking, her phone rang.

Sabrina’s voice came through the line.

“Chloe, there’s a major problem with the project. Get back here now!”