Chapter 4

My family and Ethan's family had been neighbors for decades.

My parents watched him grow up. Back then, his parents were busy with business and had no time for him. Little Ethan often sat alone on the steps in front of my house.

My parents felt sorry for him and opened the door to let him in. From then on, there was always a place for him at our dinner table.

But I never expected he could put my parents in danger for Chloe's sake.

He shrugged.

"If you just agree obediently, everything will be fine. If something happens to them, you're the one who caused it."

I looked at him in disbelief, trembling all over.

Chloe finally smiled, glancing at me with eyes full of provocation.

"Ethan, you're so good to me."

She threw several boxes of portable tissues into my bag and threatened.

"There's no one at your house. Going back won't help."

"You have one night. Get all the key points organized. The exam is tomorrow. Don't delay things."

"It's all up to you, Miss Perfect."

With that, she invited everyone to go have drinks at a bar.

The whole team cheered, deliberately whistling at me. They grabbed my phone and locked me in the conference room.

"What are you doing! Let me out!"

I desperately pounded on the conference room door. They laughed even louder.

Ethan watched coldly the entire time without saying a word, walking away shoulder to shoulder with Chloe.

Everyone jeered, looking at me mockingly.

"So pathetic haha, she can't even keep her childhood sweetheart!"

"With a Dream Girl like Chloe, who would want someone as ordinary as her!"

"After tomorrow's exam, we'll be free!"

"Let's go on a team building trip to an island resort!"

"Let's have a party! Let's go karaoke!"

They wildly fantasized about how to arrange their wonderful post-promotion lives after finishing this tough battle of the promotion exam.

I looked at the mountains of tissue boxes piled in front of me, my eyes instantly reddening.

My parents worked very hard. Everyone said daughters didn't need to work so hard, but they still said early on that if I got promoted to a higher level, they would take out their savings to buy me an apartment. They were determined to support me in establishing a foothold in the big city.

But now, I was locked in here, preparing cheat materials for everyone.

The defenses in my heart were collapsing inch by inch.

They were still laughing and chatting outside, very lively.

But this joyful atmosphere didn't affect me at all.

I looked up at the surveillance camera in the conference room that had just been repaired.

I knew that tomorrow, they wouldn't even be able to enter the exam room.

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