Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 501 It's Better to Focus On Your Work

I knew Mr. Finnley would reject my proposal. After all, this was the critical moment for him to fight for a promotion. Nothing mattered more to him than producing results and getting credit for them.

If Mr. Finnley remained as my supervisor, he would get credit for everything I did. If I assembled my own team, however, all the credit would go to me.

Mr. Finnley was exploiting me. Naturally, I wouldn't let him get his way. At first, I wasn't that interested in a promotion, but things had changed now.

"I'm sorry, but I've discussed it over with Mr. McLennan. More to the point, I'm the one behind the design. If you could take my place, I wouldn't have been asked to return now, would I?" I enunciated "asked" in my sentence.

Mr. Finnley gnashed his teeth and glared at me furiously. After a minute, he caved in. "Fine. Who are you going to pick? You should know that we can't suspend the other projects. You can't pick someone who's going to affect our progress. Otherwise, none of us will be able to explain ourselves."

I nodded and rested my gaze on Anne. "I need an assistant to handle the detailed work now. So, I'm going to pick her for now."

"What?" Anne and Mr. Finnley looked at me in disbelief.

"Do you not want the job?"

didn't think I would pick her. She

to the company. Naturally, they did too. Anne's capability was nothing to write home to,

maliciously targeted me the whole time, but she was one of the people who treated her work more seriously than

to my feet and looked at Mr. Finnley. "I'll also need Emeline and Jackson for the project. It won't affect their ordinary work. They're the only people

his office. I worked for the company, and I had a duty to give my best to my

the conference room for a meeting. Throughout the whole meeting,

as she could finish her part of the job. When the meeting

Rinatta?" Her tone suggested that she still felt a

"What

asked me why I let her stay in

I think you're meticulous and quite capable. I do need you on my

because you framed me? Instead of letting people use you as a pawn, you should focus

using

Trying to get

devious means is never

choice."