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Brittany.” 

Seeing my icy stare, Jason stopped 

pretending. “I did it because you were biased 

against Brittany, constantly suppressing her. I 

had no choice!” 

“You wouldn’t believe how well Brittany 

managed the company while you were gone.” 

I sneered. “Managed well, or covered it up? 

Do you know the deadline for the Luminary 

project is today?” 

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Jason stared at Brittany. 

Brittany smiled. “Don’t worry. Everything is 

arranged. No need for you to worry.” “Sorry 

to disappoint you, but I’m so amazing.” 

Jason nodded. His phone rang. He showed it 

to me. 

nodded. His phone ran 

“The client called to praise Brittany. You 

really need to apologize to her.” 

He answered the call on speakerphone. 

The furious client yelled, “You idiots! We wanted Eleanor Evans’s designs! Why did you 

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Jason was stunned. “How? We’ve worked 

together so many times without a single 

problem!” 

The call ended before he could explain. 

I handled everything; he was a hands–off manager. He’d just praised Brittany, and now this happened. Too embarrassed to ask me for help, he frowned at Brittany. 

“What happened? Didn’t you say it was handled?” 

Brittany’s face was grim. “She’s awful! She said that about my hard work!” “It’s just a small project. Whatever.” 

Jason’s eyes twitched. “That’s a hundred million dollar penalty!” 

The company wasn’t big enough to afford 

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that. Their reputation was ruined; getting new 

projects would be tough. 

Brittany remained unconcerned. “So what? A 

hundred million. Give it to her.” 

She said it casually, like it was a dollar. It 

didn’t matter to her; the company would pay. 

Jason wouldn’t punish her. 

Even Jason couldn’t take it. He regretted 

promoting Brittany. He thought seven days 

wouldn’t matter, but he’d changed his fate. 

Brittany kept cursing the client. 

Jason interrupted. “Shut up! I told you to be 

careful and thorough! Why did you upload 

your own design? You’re just an intern!” 

Brittany pouted. “I’m a VP! What’s the point 

of being a VP if I can’t even do that?” 

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“Besides, Jason, I just messed up a project. 

It’s not the first time. Why are you so angry?” 

She whined, complaining endlessly. 

Her complaints explained things. 

I’d overseen a project, personally checking 

everything before submission. But the client 

received a changed version. 

Jason blamed me and scolded me. I’d 

checked everything; Brittany deleted the 

original files, uploaded the unedited version, 

fearing asking for the correct one. 

The client was furious, complaining that 

nothing was fixed. Jason wanted to fire an 

intern to apologize. 

I refused. I took the blame, demoted and with 

a pay cut. I apologized to the client, even 

ended up in the hospital. 

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Now I learned it was Brittany’s fault. Jason 

knew but let her do it, framing me. 

Jason didn’t notice my reaction. He scolded 

Brittany, then sighed. 

“Forget it. Your skill is obvious. I don’t expect 

much from you.” 

He looked at me fondly. “Eleanor, you’re 

amazing. I’m sure you can solve this. You 

always handle tough projects and demanding 

clients. I was wrong. Brittany is nowhere near 

as good as you, my dear wife.” 

Before I could refuse, Brittany was jealous. 

“Jason, I’m not that bad!” 

Jason scolded her. “Shut up! This is all your 

fault! Being VP was just for fun and showing 

off. Your skills aren’t good enough to handle 

work!” 

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He scolded Brittany harshly. He surprisingly 

sided with me, but I wasn’t happy. His praise 

for Brittany was sincere; his praise for me 

was superficial, followed by requests for help. 

I used to love his sweet words, but now I 

despised him. 

When Jason asked for my help, I refused. 

“I quit. I can’t interfere with company 

matters.”