Chapter 7\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy resignation was approved by you,\u201d I said calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cImpossible! I don\u2019t remember ever allowing you to quit!\u201d Harley\u2019s expression grew increasingly panicked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He immediately began searching for the resignation records. I watched him with quiet composure. I wasn\u2019t surprised at all- just amused. 2\u00a0<\/p>\n
What could he possibly remember?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aside from worrying whether Megan had a place to stay, whether she was eating well, whether she was getting enough rest\u2026 he never remembered anything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t remember that I had resigned. He didn\u2019t remember the pain of abandonment he caused me. And he certainly didn\u2019t remember how hard I worked-how much I sacrificed-for every project.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harley wasn\u2019t panicking because I left. He was panicking because now there was no one to clean up his messes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In his world, once this crisis passed, he\u2019d simply return to normal. He\u2019d continue flirting with Megan, continue helping her steal my projects, and continue turning a blind eye while everyone else mocked and mistreated me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, Harley found the record. When he saw my name listed as the applicant, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he stumbled two steps back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He cursed under his breath. \u201cWho allowed you to hand in your resignation? Don\u2019t they know what kind of relationship we have?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He flew into a rage and called the company. The call connected quickly, and before the person could say anything, Harley exploded on them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you even confirm with me before letting Tiana Lancaster resign? Who gave you the authority to make that decision?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mr. Sinclair, didn\u2019t you say\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did I say? Did I say to fire her? She\u2019s my wife. Don\u2019t you know that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell are you doing? Have you forgotten who your boss is?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet out of my company. Don\u2019t ever let me see your face again!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After cursing the person out, Harley turned back to me. His tone suddenly shifted into something almost pleading. \u201cTiana, I really didn\u2019t expect him to treat you that way. Please\u2026 come back, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It sounded like he was standing up for me. But if not for the approval-implicit or explicit-of him and Megan, would anyone else have dared treat me that way?\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was those colleagues who bullied me, yes, but the ones whispering behind them and giving them the courage to do it were Harley and Megan. Wasn\u2019t that right?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing that I was staying silent, Harley pulled out his phone again. He offered a high salary to try and rehire me. However, I\u00a0<\/p>\n
shoved his hand aside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d better focus on cleaning up your work mess instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m leaving. Make sure you move your things out before the handover. If any late penalties are incurred, I\u2019ll take you to\u00a0<\/p>\n
court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd once you\u2019re tangled up in a lawsuit, the company\u2019s internal structure will likely become unstable. That\u2019ll be even harder to deal with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo my advice? Let\u2019s part peacefully. We\u2019ve been married for five years, so I don\u2019t want this to end in a humiliating mess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, I turned away and headed to the bedroom to pack, not sparing him another glance. Maybe my words had worked\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chape\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
because Harley didn\u2019t chase after me this time. After lingering for a few minutes, I heard the sound of his footsteps leaving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t give it another thought. I finished packing, then hauled my things over to the new apartment I\u2019d just rented.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After two days of rest, I began job bunting. Truthfully, I had quit without another job lined up. The talk about switching orumpanies de\u00dfere was just a lie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But surprisingly, within two days of uploading my resume, I received an offer from a company willing to hire me at double my previous salary. They even offered benefits far exceeding my expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1 can\u2019t hesitate. Once I passed the interview, I signed the contract and started immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During that time, the handover for the apartment also went smoothly. A large sum was deposited directly into my bank\u00a0<\/p>\n
account.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Life became peaceful-no more emotional vampires and no more anxiety.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t have to worry about a husband chatting with another woman or whether he\u2019d hand off the projects I fought hard for to someone else again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After just a few days, I could literally feel that my face was no longer as sunken. But Harley, on the other hand, was clearly not doing as well. I had expected as much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 7\u00a0 \u201cMy resignation was approved by you,\u201d I said calmly.\u00a0 \u201cImpossible! I don\u2019t remember ever allowing you to quit!\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-honeymoons-hidden-price"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}