Dry, emboldened, taunted him, “Why stop now? Can’t handle a confrontation? How are you even a team leader? Shall I broadcast your inadequacy? When the chance for promotion came, I was overlooked for being a woman.


    Despite my superior performance, you, a less qualified man, were promoted.


    I’d been here for two years before you joined thepany.


    How is it you were chosen as the leader?”


    Lydia emerged from her office, her voice cutting through the tension.


    “Because his moral standing surpasses yours.


    ”


    Dry, momentarily cowed by Lydia’s presence, hesitated.


    But bolstered by Henry’s private assurances, she stood her ground.


    “Miss Phillips sides with you simply because you’re always at her disposal!”


    “I would never wrong a person because they aren’t my ally.


    ” Ambling towards them, Lydia said, “I did a background check on you, and I’vee to realize the kind of person that you are.N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.


    What’s the big deal if you joined thepany two years before he did? And you im to be outstanding! How do you even define that? Exploiting interns and cheating your colleagues just to get projects for yourself?”


    Lydia paused to give Dry a long, piercing look, her forehead folded into a deep frown.


    Then she continued, “You yourself know what you have done.


    I may not be able to fire you now.


    But trust me, that doesn’t mean I won’t in the future.


    ”


    Dry hung down her head in guilt and rolled her eyes, not daring to say a word in her defense.


    “And you, Jorge, hand over the materials to me as soon as you can.


    I have to meet with the other party to discuss the cooperation.


    ”


    “Okay, Miss Phillips!”


    As soon as Lydia stepped out, the office broke into a noisy chatter.


    “You shouldn’t be scared of her, Dry! There isn’t any more time for her to prepare since Mr.


    Jaylin Phillips gave her just five days.


    ”


    “And I heard that the other party won’t even be cooperating with her.


    Their boss refused to see her, even though she went there for three consecutive days.


    ”


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    Dry gritted her teeth and red at the door to Lydia’s office.


    “This is Mr.


    Henry Phillips’pany, and she will be the one who leaves, not me!”


    There was a knock on the door of Henry’s office.


    “Come in.


    ”


    When the door opened, Estre strutted in enchantingly with a man behind her.


    “Mr.


    Phillips,” she said, “this is Mr.


    Dury of Homing; he wants to see you.


    ”


    Henry had been lolling on the sofa and fiddling with his mobile phone, a cigarette dangling around his lips.


    But when Estre came in with Caleb, he sat up, stunned as though he had seen a ghost.


    He tossed his cigarette onto the carpet and squashed it under his foot.


    “You- Leave us!” Henry waved Estre towards the door, his face contorted with fluster.