Chapter 3

With Elaine's confirmation, I turned to leave. I spent an hour and a half organizing everything and explaining the situation to everyone. Their looks were filled with pity, sympathy, resentment, and anger. I knocked on the table. "No personal feelings, don't talk about so-called loyalty. It's just work, do your job, get paid."

With my things in hand, I went back to Elaine's office. Lily was there too. She was smiling, feeding Elaine cookies. Elaine doesn't like sweets. Though he frowned, he reluctantly accepted. Seeing me, Lily quickly stood up. "You guys have things to discuss, I'll step out."

"No need." Elaine placed the cookie box in Lily's hands. "Eat in the corner." Then he looked at me, his tone unfriendly. "Remember to knock next time."

I didn't knock? Seems like I didn't. Habit. "There won't be a next time."

"What?"

I placed all the documents on Elaine's desk. Meeting his suspicious gaze, I handed him the sheet of paper at the bottom. It was a resignation letter. Elaine paused for two seconds. When he looked up again, his eyes were cold.

"What do you mean? Threatening me?"

I paused. "You're overthinking. The resignation letter was prepared a long time ago, just waiting for Julia's project to finish. Now that it's handed over, I've completed everything. Just the right time to resign."

Elaine glared at me, angry. Lily seemed scared. "Leader Demi, I won't do this project anymore, please don't be mad. I know I'm not qualified, I just wanted to learn from you. I won't participate; it's my fault. I apologize."

Elaine's expression turned even darker. He pulled Lily close. "Do it if you want. No need to apologize to anyone. Resign, huh? The company won't stop running without you."

Elaine picked up a pen and swiftly wrote his name at the end. He threw the resignation letter at me. "Get out."

I looked down at the paper at my feet. "One more thing."

Elaine's face was tight, silent. "Since you and Lily are getting married, shouldn't we end our marriage first?" Even Lily's sniffles stopped. She clung to Elaine's arm, looking at him with both nervousness and anticipation. Elaine seemed stiff. He slowly turned his head.

"What did you say?"

"I said, let's get a divorce while we're at it!"