Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard) novel Chapter 501

I knew Mr. Finnley would reject my proposal. After all, this was the critical moment for him to fight for a promotion. Nothing mattered more to him than producing results and getting credit for them.

If Mr. Finnley remained as my supervisor, he would get credit for everything I did. If I assembled my own team, however, all the credit would go to me.

Mr. Finnley was exploiting me. Naturally, I wouldn't let him get his way. At first, I wasn't that interested in a promotion, but things had changed now.

"I'm sorry, but I've discussed it over with Mr. McLennan. More to the point, I'm the one behind the design. If you could take my place, I wouldn't have been asked to return now, would I?" I enunciated "asked" in my sentence.

Mr. Finnley gnashed his teeth and glared at me furiously. After a minute, he caved in. "Fine. Who are you going to pick? You should know that we can't suspend the other projects. You can't pick someone who's going to affect our progress. Otherwise, none of us will be able to explain ourselves."

I nodded and rested my gaze on Anne. "I need an assistant to handle the detailed work now. So, I'm going to pick her for now."

"What?" Anne and Mr. Finnley looked at me in disbelief.

"Do you not want the job?"

"I do. Of course, I do." Anne probably didn't think I would pick her. She nodded repeatedly.

I knew just how important this project was to the company. Naturally, they did too. Anne's capability was nothing to write home to, but she was very patient when it came to design.

Anne might've maliciously targeted me the whole time, but she was one of the people who treated her work more seriously than her colleagues.

I rose to my feet and looked at Mr. Finnley. "I'll also need Emeline and Jackson for the project. It won't affect their ordinary work. They're the only people I need. Is that alright?"

"Fine." Mr. Finnley basically squeezed out this response through his clenched teeth.

I didn't care about the look on his face and straightaway left his office. I worked for the company, and I had a duty to give my best to my job. Furthermore, this was Jack's company.