Chapter 3

With that, I slammed the divorce agreement Jessica had signed on the table and headed straight back to the office.

After all, now that the company was listed, my time was extremely valuable, and there was a mountain of work waiting for me.

Plus, now that Jessica and her people had returned, I could finally notify HR to handle their termination.

After I finished talking with HR and was about to head back to my office, I found Jessica and Logan already sitting inside.

As soon as Logan saw me, he couldn't help but sneer, "Oh, look who it is, Jessica's ex-husband!

"You were so tough back at the house. I thought maybe you'd turned into some big shot after a month, but you're still just working at Jessica's company, huh?

Jessica tilted her chin up proudly, looking like a rooster strutting around.

"Chris, it seems I've been too nice to you over the years. That's why you've become so selfish and ungrateful.

"Even if you used dirty tricks to get me to sign the divorce papers and took more than your fair share of our assets, so what?

"Don't forget, I'm the chairman of the company, and you're just one of my employees.

"I can fire you anytime, and if I mess with your background check a little, I guarantee you'll never work in this industry again."

Saying that Jessica threw the pot on the table to the ground, looking at me with a mocking expression.

"If you want to stay in this industry, then use your tongue to clean the floor. Maybe I'll think about giving you a job as a janitor at the company."

Before I could respond, Logan chuckled and teased, "Jessica, you're just too soft-hearted.

"Not only do you give Chris a job, but you're also letting him drink such expensive coffee. You really are soft on your ex-husband.

"Now you've got me jealous."

Hearing their sarcastic insults, I just found it amusing.

So much for being the company's CEO.

It looked like she and Logan had been having too much fun this past month and hadn't paid a single bit of attention to the company.

She didn't even know she'd been kicked out of the board.

I shrugged, indifferent.

"Fine, if you're so capable, go ahead and fire me."

At that, Jessica froze for a moment, then snorted dismissively.

"Chris, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Do you really think the company can't do without you?

"Let me tell you the truth. Do you really think I gave you a month to prove yourself?

"You really thought I was going to make you the vice president? No. I was just using your experience to turn around the company's decline and fix the situation with the poor performance and stock drop.

"Now that the business adjustment is done, I could replace you with a dog as the director, and it wouldn't matter. What do you think your value is now?"

Logan, standing nearby, looked extremely impatient and waved his hand dismissively.

"Jessica, stop wasting your breath on him.

"Talking to someone like him is just like wasting your time. Once he gets blacklisted and can't find a job, he'll come crawling to us, begging for help."

Hearing this, Jessica smirked, walking with an air of superiority as she ordered.

"HR, prepare a termination letter!"

Soon, HR came back with the letter, but instead of handing it to me, they handed it to Jessica.

At this, Jessica's face turned sour.

"What's this for?

"Are you new here? Don't you know I'm the company's CEO?"

At that moment, I looked at her with disdain, slamming the board's appointment letter onto the table with a cold laugh.

"Oh, right, you probably don't know.

"After a unanimous vote at the shareholders' meeting, I'm the new CEO now.

"And you, Jessica... from this moment on, you're fired!"