Chapter 1319:
Arriving back at the company, Felix quickly realized the situation had only gotten worse. Linsey had rallied fifteen designers to resign all at once. With the entire design team ready to follow Linsey out the door, Felix was suddenly left with an empty department.
Stunned by the mass exodus, Felix barely moved until only Linsey was left in the office with him.
He turned to her, desperate and confused. “What’s going on here? After what happened today, you’re about to walk away with everyone?”
Linsey’s eyes were cold and steady. “This is your company, Felix, not mine. I don’t give a damn about it. I’m leaving because it’s time to move forward, and that’s perfectly within my rights. If you think you can stop me, try taking me to court.”
Frustration tightened his jaw. “You can’t be serious…”
Anger rising, Felix finally managed to force out an offer. “If you stay, I’ll give you a raise.”
She didn’t even hesitate. “That means nothing to me.”
Without another word, Linsey turned on her heel and headed for the door. Just as she reached the threshold, Felix’s nerves finally broke. He called out, panic in his voice, “Linsey, wait!”
She didn’t slow down. The door closed behind her without a backward glance. Boiling with anger, Felix swept everything off his desk in one wild motion and yelled, “Linsey, you’ll regret this!”
Pulling out his phone with jittery hands, Felix didn’t hesitate to punch in the number he knew by heart.
A forced grin replaced his earlier scowl the moment the call connected. “Hello, Mr. Riley. It’s Felix speaking.”
The reply was cold as ice. “What do you want?”
Forcing enthusiasm, Felix added, “You mentioned last night that if I tracked down the person who set Linsey up and called them out in front of my employees, you’d reward me with a big contract from CR Corporation. I did exactly what you asked.”
Their conversation continued for a few more minutes, but Collin wasted no time ending the call.
Felix’s mood lifted after Collin agreed to arrange everything right away. Winning the partnership with CR Corporation would be his turning point. He pictured the company’s name shining once more, attracting new talent by the dozens, and imagined Linsey regretting her choice to leave.
Meanwhile, inside CR Corporation’s president’s office, Collin flung his phone onto the desk and reached for a glass of red wine, swirling it idly.
Since he had put the phone on speaker, Dustin had caught every word and now turned to Collin, his eyebrow raised in disbelief. “Are you actually going to work with the Wells Group?”
Collin’s response was casual, even amused. “All I said was that I’d throw him a project. Nobody promised it would make him any money.”
At first, Dustin thought the situation made little sense. Felix had once dated Linsey, and considering Collin’s usual temper, he couldn’t figure out why Collin would willingly go out of his way to back Felix’s company.
