Chapter 1

The Christmas family gathering was in full swing when my aunt Karen started mocking me as I reviewed some work documents on my laptop:

"Stop pretending to be so busy. We all know you only make $3,000 a month! My daughter Rachel is a real high-earner - she's such an important designer that she couldn't even make it home for Christmas!"

Seeing that I wasn't responding, she encouraged her spoiled son Peter to delete all my files while I was in the bathroom.

I was shaking with anger when I returned. "That proposal was due in 10 minutes! If I don't submit it, I'm done for!"

Aunt Karen shrugged nonchalantly. "He's just a child, how could he know any better? Your job can't be that important anyway. So what if you get fired? Maybe then you'll finally settle down and get married so your parents can stop worrying."

I couldn't help but smirk silently.

If only she knew that the proposal was actually her precious daughter Rachel's work - the one that would determine whether Rachel kept her job or not.

And I was the client who would be making that decision!