Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 513 Stay Vigilant

The representative gave me a polite smile before stepping into the elevator.

Astrid approached me, her expression dark with frustration. "Anyone with half a brain can see someone's trying to mess with you. Whoever did this clearly doesn't care if the company makes money!"

Though I led the project, the entire design team's involvement meant shared success and shared profits. If the deal fell through, it wasn't just me who would lose out; everyone would.

I turned toward Mackenzie, who noticed and gave an exaggerated scoff. "What are you looking at? Do you think I don't care about the company's success?"

She sneered, her tone sharp, "Don't forget who I am. I want this company to thrive more than anyone else!"

With a haughty glare, she stormed out of the meeting room.

I exchanged a puzzled glance with Astrid. For all of Mackenzie's gloating, she seemed genuinely unaware of the sabotage. And as much as she disliked me, it didn't make sense for her to risk the company's bottom line. So, who tampered with my presentation?

again, and Mr. Finnley stepped out, his face clouded with irritation. Seeing me still in the hallway, he snapped, "Why are you standing around? This is an important deal. Go back to

Annie trailed behind us. Once we were out of sight, she pulled

new here, so you probably don't know this," she said, lowering her voice. "If something goes wrong with the Gray Realty project, the person in

let Mr. Finnley take over. He'll make sure nothing goes wrong if his neck is on the

expression made her seem genuinely

I didn't push for you to be fired

true motives, but

hesitated, then let out a deep sigh. "Yeah, maybe it's because of that. The company didn't fire me, and I'm grateful to you for that. I'm serious, though. Believe me or not, just be careful. Someone

I felt a sense of affirmation. Letting her off the hook seemed to have been the

...

tense. People's eyes lingered on me with an odd mix of

throwing me pointed glances, but I couldn't decipher her

Mr. Finnley emerged