Revenge is best served cold (Jane and Jeremiah novel Chapter 230

Because of Dad's words, Elsa stayed quietly at home for a while. Even Jack didn't seem to be opposing me as much, though it all felt a bit suspicious.

Then, one day, Jack threatened to fire a veteran employee from the design department.

I quickly had my assistant look into it. Soon, the assistant returned with the details. The employee had made a few typos in the design documents.

When Jack found out, he claimed the company couldn't afford such careless employees. He was willing to offer a high severance package just to get rid of the employee. Upon hearing that, I immediately headed for the design department.

As expected, Jack was already sitting in the design department manager's office, angrily berating the manager for trying to protect the veteran employee.

When he saw me enter, a flash of discomfort crossed his face. "What are you doing here?"

I scoffed and took a seat beside him. "I just wanted to see who's unlucky enough to be your latest target."

The manager, who had been pleading for the employee, now looked up in curiosity.

Jack cleared his throat and turned to the others in the room. "You can all leave for now. I need to have a word with Ms. Brown."

Even though they were reluctant, everyone obeyed and left the room. After closing the door, Jack glared at me with anger. "What do you mean by this?"

I smiled. "Oh, nothing. I just want to see what you're really up to."

Staring directly into his eyes, I voiced my suspicions and said, "You don't really think that firing a veteran employee in the design department will open the door for your precious Elsa to join, do you?"

Jack's eyes immediately shifted, confirming my guess.

I stood up from my seat and slowly walked toward him, my eyes fixed on him. He met my gaze defiantly with a raised chin, clearly unaware of his foolishness.

For the first time, I laughed at his stupidity. "Do you really think that by paying enough compensation, you can just make someone leave and bring Elsa in without consequence?"