Chapter Three
My eyes widened. I clapped my hands,
laughing.
“Perfect! I’m out!”
Mark didn’t expect that. His face turned hard.
“Lindsay, don’t do anything you’ll regret.
Sarah’s a good person. She won’t give you a
hard time just because you were mean to her.
If you quit now, you will regret it.”
I just smiled.
“Regret it? Nope. I won’t. I’m quitting right
now. I’m done with this team.”
I turned and walked away. ignoring Mark and
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Sarah’s nasty expressions.
Start a business? Screw that. Going home
and inheriting a fortune sounded a lot better.
Mark was talented, especially after I threw
money at him to improve. But right now, Mark
wasn’t a name that could get people to spend
money like crazy. The investment I’d secured
was just my uncles trying to make me happy.
That night, I posted on social media,
announcing I was quitting the startup team.
My uncles jumped into the comments right
away.
“Good for you, kiddo! You can start whatever
you want! Your dad and your uncles have
plenty of money for you to waste! It doesn’t
く
matter if you fail!”
“Sweetheart, if you don’t do the startup, I’m
pulling my money.”
My cousins from other colleges heard what
happened and posted the story of me being
forced out.
The comment section exploded. My uncles
threatened to pull their investments and
blacklist them.
I didn’t stop them.
The next day, I went to school as usual. After
quitting the competition, I had free time, so I
focused on studying and applying for grad
school.
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After class, I got a call from my dad, asking
me to put together a proposal for a small
partnership.
I took the plan to Dad’s office that afternoon.
He took the contract and, after looking at it,
said he was extremely happy.
I was walking out of the building when
someone ran into me.
I looked up. It was Mark. When he saw the
files on the floor, he smiled.
“Lindsay, I knew you didn’t want to quit the
team. You must have known we were coming
to Thompson Group, so you prepared this
proposal to meet us here!”
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Mark reached for the plan, but I stepped
away.
“You’re mistaken. I did this myself.”
Mark frowned. “Lindsay, don’t be ridiculous. If
you’re not going to give it to us, do you think
you can start your own business?”
I froze. All the tasks of the previous team had
been completed by myself. Why can’t I start
my own business?
With that thought, I smiled.
“You’re right. I’m going to start my own
business.”
I ignored Mark, who was screaming behind
me, and left.
Three days later, I submitted my business
plan and secured the original investment.
After school that afternoon, Mark and Sarah
stopped me.
“Lindsay, I can’t believe you did such a
shameless thing to steal our investment.
You’ve slept with so many men. You don’t
deserve to be my girlfriend.”
The gossipy atmosphere attracted many
people.
“Mark, watch your mouth.”
Sarah grabbed Mark’s arm.
“Lindsay, how could you do something like
this to Mark ”
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I frowned. “What are you talking about?”
Mark threw a stack of photos at my face.
“No wonder you got so much investment.
You’re so disgusting.”
With everyone pointing and whispering about me, I took out my phone and called the man
in the photos.
“Uncle John, please bring your ID to school.”
