Another Bride

"Don't think just because you're a senior employee with more experience, I wouldn't dare..."

Before Lana could finish speaking, I handed her the resignation letter and my employee ID card that I had prepared earlier. "Don't bother. I'm here to resign."

Lana looked astonished. "You want to resign?"

I was a bit surprised to see her reaction.

I had been thinking of resigning for three months, but there were still clients whose projects had not been completed, and I had my professional ethics to be responsible to the clients. When all the projects I was handling were completed last week, I sent my resignation application online, and she approved it. Now, she was acting as if she had no idea.

While thinking, I saw Zac looking smug and understood what had happened. Lana must have handed her phone to Zac.

The funny thing was that I did not even know her phone password, yet she could just hand her phone to Zac and even entrust the power of human resources' decisions to him without hesitation.

Before I could speak, Zac hypocritically said, "Ms. Piller, Cruz must have resigned because I took away his valuable competition spot. After all, if a senior like Cruz were to join, he would surely win more impressively than I have. Maybe I should give the trophy to Cruz. As long as the company gains a good reputation, I don't care who the champion is."

Lana's face immediately showed concern as she comforted him, "Zac, you're a national champion now. You're so outstanding. How can Cruz compare to you? If it were him, even making the finals is a problem."

As she spoke, Lana rolled her eyes at me. "Cruz, you were the one who gave up your spot in the competition. Now that Zac has won and is in the spotlight, you're jealous, aren't you?"

I could not help but smile bitterly.

Lana really knew how to lie through her teeth.

Three months ago, Zac insisted on entering the design competition to prove his abilities, pestering Lana to give him my spot.

Not wanting to argue or have another cold war, I agreed.

Afterward, she was worried that Zac's ranking would not be ideal and he would be discouraged, so she wanted me to give him the design drafts that I had worked on for six months. I disagreed, so she threatened to break up and move out.

Lana was not in good health, and I was worried she would not be able to take care of herself, so I could only compromise. Instead of being grateful, she even thought I was jealous.

I did not bother to explain further, so I simply said, "You're right. Zac is now the national champion. I'm just a small-time designer who's no match for him. Let Mr. Newton lead the company to new heights in the future."

Lana gave me a knowing look. "Cruz, enough with the sarcasm. Don't you just want to use your resignation to get a promotion and a raise? Fine, finish all the work Zac has piled up over the past three months, and I might consider giving you a 500 dollar raise."

I could not help but sneer.

500 dollars? How could she even bring herself to say that? I had been Lana's slave for six years, and my salary is only 5000 dollars. Meanwhile, new hires at the same time were getting base salaries of over 6000 dollars.

Besides, I was quite capable; getting a two- or three-fold increase in salary after switching jobs would not be a problem.

Looking back, it was not worth it. I spent six years working hard for this so-called "relationship."

Now she expects me to clean up Zac's mess. Dream on!

I was just about to refuse when a flash of resentment crossed Zac's eyes, but he still feigned concern, saying, "It's alright, Ms. Piller. I'll handle them myself. Let’s keep things separate. This is my job anyway. Cruz is already working so hard; We can't let him get any more tired."