Chapter 281


    Catherine''s POV


    Soon, I returned to work.


    But I could sense a shift in the attitude of my colleagues towards me.


    In the morning meeting, Mark, the deputy director, had a big fight with Melinda over a contract.


    Melinda said angrily, "He did it on purpose because everyone in thepany is gossiping about you


    and King ke''s breakup."


    "I''m sorry, Melinda. I got you into this mess. If it weren''t for me, they wouldn''t have made it difficult for


    you." I felt guilty.


    "Catherine, don''t say that. Mark has a beef with me anyway," Melindaforted me.


    The incident with Melinda urred only a few days before the project in my hands was snatched away.


    I won the project from Leo''spany. I asked Lucy to take care of the project while I was on leave.


    When I came back to work, she said that she wanted to sort out some files before giving the project


    back to me. I agreed. However, she kept stalling every time I asked her. She was unwilling to hand over


    the project back to me, and she even quarreled with me.


    "Catherine, you are going to leave thepany, right? Will you take away all your clients as well? Stop


    messing around. This project belongs to thepany. You can''t take it with you!" Lucy said


    sarcastically.


    I retorted, "Who told you that I''m leaving?"


    "It goes without saying, OK? You know better than anyone else. You and King ke have broken up.


    As his ex, how do you have the nerve to stay here? You''d better leave before King ke kicks you out.


    You don''t want to embarrass yourself in front of everyone," Lucy mocked.


    I was so pissed off, but I had to keep my head.


    "Our breakup won''t affect my work. If you don''t give my project back today, you''ll see the


    consequences." I didn''t want to quarrel. I just wanted to do my job.


    "Well, well. Do you still think you are the Lycan Luna? How dare you talk to me like this? I am not afraid


    of you, and it''s my project now. There''s no way I''ll give it back to you," Lucy said.


    The workce was such a cruel ce. Though I had heard Melinda talk about how brutal the


    workce was before I joined thepany, I had never encountered anything like this before.


    Now that Lucy had the project in her hand and refused to give it back, I felt helpless.


    Then Melinda came over and med Lucy. She told her to give the project back to me.


    Lucy threw the file in front of me. "Take it, since you want it so badly!"


    Melinda said with a cold face, "Go get your resignation letter from the Personnel Department. I don''t


    want to see you tomorrow!"


    Lucy was stunned. Then she pleaded, "Melinda, I''m sorry. Please don''t fire me."


    Melinda said seriously, "I bet you think Catherine and I have no ce in thepany anymore, right?


    Why are you begging me?"


    "Melinda, I was wrong. I was doing a good job on this project, so I didn''t want to give it to Catherine.


    That was why I quarreled with her. It won''t happen again!" Lucy began to cry.


    "The decision is made. We don''t need dishonest people like you. You should leave." Melinda picked up


    the file and handed it to me. Melinda and I then walked away.


    "''Melinda, don''t be so smug! I quit! I don''t want to work here anyway. Everyone knows you got


    promoted because of Catherine! You have connections, so what?" Lucy cursed.


    We were surprised to hear that and turned to look at Lucy.


    "Melinda, Catherine slept with the boss to get you promoted, and in return, you defended her by all


    means. You would fire anyone in thepany who had a problem with Catherine. I hope you will end


    up the same soon!" Lucy roared.


    "Melinda, forget it. Just ignore her!" I held Melinda''s arm. She looked like she wanted to beat Lucy up.


    Despite Melinda''s efforts, Lucy managed to wipe out her contribution to the Chavez Group with a few


    words. No one could stand it.


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    After Lucy finished venting, she red at me and Melinda and left.


    When we returned to the office, Melinda said to me, "These people are too much!"


    I was a little frustrated and said, "I didn''t know that in their eyes, all the work we''ve done over the past


    few months was just because of my rtionship with ke."


    "Cathy, don''t be angry. They are jealous of you, that''s all," Melindaforted me.


    "Forget it. I don''t want to quarrel with them. Anyway, my rtionship with ke is not as bad as they


    thought." I shrugged.


    After talking to Melinda, I returned to the office.


    As I entered, I heard the phone on my desk ringing.


    I thought it was from a colleague. I picked up the phone and heard ke''s voice. "Did someone give


    you a hard time?"


    To my surprise, it was ke who called me through the internal line.


    "How did you know?" I asked curiously.


    "I know everything you do in thepany," ke said proudly.


    I couldn''t help but smile.


    "Are you trying tofort me or discourage me? So, I don''t have any privacy in thepany, do I?" I


    rolled my eyes.


    "I amforting you. Don''t worry. I''ll deal with anyone who goes against you. I''ll let them know that you


    are the one in charge of the Design Department," ke promised.


    I chuckled. To be honest, it felt great to have someone backing me up.


    "Will that make me look overbearing? People may gossip more about me, right?" I wondered what


    ke would say.


    "Then I will rece the entire Design Department!" ke said overbearingly.


    I knew ke didn''t care about the profits of the Design Department. He cared more about me, which


    was so touching.


    "There is no need. I can''t turn to you for help with everything. I have to learn to deal with troubles


    myself." I decided that I couldn''t let ke help me with everything.


    I knew. People would only stop judging me if I could bring more value to thepany.


    "You got me," ke said gently.


    I smiled, "I can''t always hide behind you and let you handle things for me. After the breakup, I realized


    that independence makes me feel the most secure."


    ke said with self-me, "Sorry. It''s all my fault. I shouldn''t have lied to you about your past. I will


    discuss anything with you from now on. I won''t make decisions alone anymore."


    "I knew you meant well. You didn''t want me to know, and you wanted to hide it from everyone. I was


    stupid and ruined everything you worked so hard for." Speaking of this, I was very regretful.


    "Well, let''s leave it there. Can we have lunch together?" ke said.


    I was surprised. "Lunch? Aren''t you afraid that Patricia will know?"


    "Don''t worry. I will make sure she won''t find out," ke said.


    "There is no perfect secret in the world. We shouldn''t risk it." I felt the need to be more cautious.


    "But I want to see you." ke was a little aggrieved.


    "Well, we are talking on the phone now."


    "You know what I want." ke''s voice became low.


    "We shouldn''t think too much of that." I was shy.


    "You are so cruel to me." ke was angry.