i thought that once her career was more established, we could go home together. Then my parents wouldn’t object to us being together anymore.
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Now it seems there’s no need for that anymore.
I called my mother. Before I could speak, tears welled up in my eyes.
Mom didn’t ask anything, just sighed.
“My dear boy, you’ve suffered out there.”
Like a child who had endured too much hardship finally returning to his mother’s embrace, I broke down sobbing.
After I calmed down, I said softly, “Mom, I broke up.”
She seemed to have guessed it already, her tone very calm.
“If you’re tired, just come home. We’ll always be waiting for you.”
Dad jumped up angrily when he heard the news, but was calmed down by Mom.
“You calm down. I won’t let anyone who dares bully my son off easy.”
My mind felt emptied. I hung up the phone, exhausted.
After a few days, I went to the company and submitted my resignation.
As soon as I submitted the resignation letter, my phone rang.
When I answered, Nadia’s agitated voice came through. “Nash, what are you up to now?”
“This project is very important for the company. You need to know your limits. Get back here and entertain the clients right away.”
I cut off her words. “I’ve resigned. Find someone else to take over these things.”
The other end of the line went quiet for a moment before erupting with even more intense emotions.
“You really want to do this, huh?”
“Fine, there are plenty of people who can do your job. Don’t think you can threaten me like this.”
As if to punish me, Nadia immediately approved my resignation application.
She thought I wouldn’t last half a day before begging her to take me back. But a whole morning passed, and I showed no signs of giving in.
She started to get a bit antsy. She called my coworkers several times to pressure me.
I ignored it all and continued doing my own work.
It turns out when you stop caring about someone, nothing they do has any effect on you anymore.
After lunch, I returned to my desk to find Kieran sitting in my chair, strutting around like he owned the place.
My things had been thrown all over the floor.
When he saw me, he slowly stood up.
“Nash, this was all Nadia’s idea. She said to have me take over your position.”
Then he walked over to me and lowered his voice next to my ear:
“Who told you to be so stupid and resign? From now on, I’ll be the one enjoying the good life here.”
Seeing his smug expression, I suddenly found it quite amusing. I don’t know where he got the confidence to say he could replace me.
All these years, I’ve poured my heart and soul into maintaining this troubled company.
Yet he thinks my position here was about enjoying the good life,
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Well then, I wish him success.
Seeing his face fall, I forced a detached smile, took the box of belongings an employee had helped gather, thanked them, and strode out.
I spent a few days saying goodbye to friends before bending down to pack my bags.
From now on, I would be leaving this city for good. This place held my youth from recent years, as well as my first love that ended without closure.
Bitterness welled up in my heart. I closed my eyes, forcing myself not to think about it anymore.
My phone rang abruptly, Nadia’s furious voice coming through.
“Nash, you’ve gone too far. You deliberately sabotaged things with the business partners, causing Kieran to be ostracized.”
Before I could explain, she imperiously ordered me, “Get your ass back here right now. This big deal is crucial for the company’s performance in the second half of the year. If we lose it because of you, we’re finished.”
Her absurd yet confident words made me feel truly ridiculous.
What gave her the right to think I would still care?
“Didn’t you say you’d be fine without me? Then go find someone else,” I said.
Ignoring her angry tone, I hung up and blocked her number.
Once everything was packed up, I opened the door and set off for the airport, about to say a final goodbye to the city I had lived in for so many
years.
I had barely left when a silver BMW cut me off. The door opened and Nadia rushed over, violently throwing her bag at me.
It hit me right where I had just had surgery. My face instantly went pale as I gasped in pain.
“Are you done throwing your tantrum?” she yelled furiously, kicking my luggage aside and grabbing my collar to slap me hard across the face.
“Is your heart really that small? Just because the project wasn’t given to you, you had to sabotage it?”
I was in so much pain I was sweating, but I gritted my teeth and bore it.
“The deal falling through was because of Kieran’s own incompetence. It had nothing to do with me.”
Nadia scoffed coldly, her eyes full of contempt. “You think I’d believe that?”
“You could close the deal, how could Kieran possibly fail?”
‘I can see you’re just jealous of his abilities.”
I laughed bitterly, my eyes bloodshot. “If he’s so capable, why don’t you just go to him? Why come find me?”
On one hand she looked down on my abilities, on the other she wanted me to come back and work for her. Was I really that cheap in her eyes?
The partnership she thought was so simple was actually the result of me pouring my heart and soul into it, disregarding my health to fight for it desperately.
With one casual sentence, she negated all my years of effort, making all my hard work seem worthless.
