The CEO Fired His Secret Heiress

ut the moment he hired his new intern girlfriend, my life became a livin

me for corporate espionage onto the screen during the signing. Then, sh

looked at my bleeding wound, then at his crying girlf

fired,"

o idea he was firing Allie Valenzuela, the sole heiress

't to a lawyer. I

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alenzue

n't the moment my heart broke. It had already been shattered into a million pieces, one for every time he chose her over me.

nter' and held my breath. The system hummed, whirred, and then... stabilized. The catastrophic data breach that had threatened to

hrobbed at the base of my skull, a familiar companion on nights like these. This was the fifth time in five years I had single-handedly pulled Inno

tempt to feel human again, the door to Benjam

y-doll dress that looked more suited for a sorority party than a tech startup, and her e

. The new intern. Benj

pty coffee cups and takeout containers littering my

mile. "Just weathering a storm,

ng sharply on the concrete floor. She ran a perfectly manicured finger over the surface of Benjamin's po

with something sharp and unpleasant. It

for a long time," I sai

then back up to my face. "It's amazing what a woman can achieve when she's...

ning my work ethic; she was questioning my integrity. She was painting me as

er voice light and conversational, as if she were discussing the weat

I'd poured my blood, sweat, and a mind honed by one of the best business schools in the world into this company. I'd sacrific

hospital bed while recovering from pneumonia. The three patents I co-authored that now formed the core of Innovatech's intellectual property. My market value wasn't just high

tion to the company was warming the CEO's b

a, who prided herself on her intellect and her unwavering professional eth

s of my career. But I clamped down on the anger. I was a professional. I would not be

o form in the wreckage of my shock and disgust. This game she was

d over a contact saved simply as 'Dad'. I hadn't called him fo

d the ca

voice warm and familiar. "Allie-cat.

my voice low and firm, bare

's you. Wh

freedom and failure all at once. My eyes met Kasey's smug

nd of the line. Not of surprise,

project to see through to the end. The Valenzuela-Innovatec

s voice was calm, but I coul

. "After that, Allie Valenzuela, the Chief of Staff, disapp

about Benjamin's silence. His complicity. The man I had once

Dad," I said, my tone lea

smirked, thinking she had won. She had no i

neve