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The Bonus BetrayalChapter 3 of 4 free

Chapter 3The Bonus Betrayal

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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 This Year-End Bonus is also withdrawn, moved to Jayden."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.