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“And half the Wells Group shares.” A small smile tugged at Linsey’s lips.
Felix didn’t hesitate to shut her down. “Keep your title if you want. But as for those shares? Forget it.”
Linsey had seen that response coming. She simply nodded. “Alright.”
With that, their negotiation was settled, but Joanna’s jaw nearly hit the floor. “Felix, what about me?”
Joanna’s troubles were the last thing on Linsey’s mind.
After the deal was done, she left the office with calm, not bothering to glance back.
Only after Linsey had gone did Felix offer any comfort. “I’ll find a different spot for you.”
Truthfully, letting Linsey reclaim the design director’s office was a win for Felix. Her leadership had always driven the Fashion Design Department to surpass goals and rack up impressive profits.
Since Joanna had stepped in, however, things had gone downhill—performance dropped, complaints piled up, and clients were slipping away.
Felix had needed a graceful way to move Joanna aside, and Linsey’s return had handed him the perfect solution.
Joanna bristled at being sidelined. “No, I want the design director position too!”
A sigh escaped Felix. “There’s nothing I can do for now. Could you just hold on a little longer?”
Putting on a mask of helplessness, he tried to soothe her. “Linsey has Collin in her corner now. He’s got real influence, and making trouble with her could backfire on us both. Remember how things ended last time when Collin stepped in?”
“Like I could ever forget!” Joanna muttered, rage simmering under her skin. The memory stayed sharp in her mind, fury and resentment rising inside her like a breaking storm.
Had it not been for Collin and Linsey, she never would have faced such public disgrace.
A look of approval crossed Felix’s face as he spoke, “For the time being, let’s just bear with it. The company barely escaped bankruptcy—we can’t risk another disaster. When the time is right, we’ll settle the score. Besides, every cent Linsey brings in as design director will end up in our pockets, right?”
Joanna finally agreed—though grudgingly—to give up her claim on the design director role.
Meanwhile, Linsey, who had left the office, wasted no time buying coffee for all her coworkers. Her colleagues lit up with excitement, hurrying to grab their cups before returning to their desks to pick up where they left off with their assignments.
After the rush, only one person stuck around, staying close to Linsey and striking up a conversation. That person was Lara Lee, a longtime employee at Wells Group who had become Linsey’s closest friend in the company. Very few people knew about Linsey’s history with Felix, but Lara was one of them.
Their conversation drifted into the usual gossip as they hung out in the break room.
Lara couldn’t resist starting with the subject of Linsey’s romantic life. She asked, “So, what’s the deal with you and Felix these days?”
Without hesitation, Linsey answered, “We’re over. He’s moved on with someone else, so what else could I do except end things? I wasn’t going to let him cheat on me.”
Lara, who had always been curious about Joanna’s recent behavior, finally felt like everything made sense after hearing Linsey’s explanation.
