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"Lana casually placed her newly bought luxury handbag on my desk as I was finalizing my ""Core Client Relationship Deep Dive Guide."" She sighed, ""This bag isn't actually that nice, don't you think, Adrian?"" ""It's alright,"" I replied without looking up. She raised her voice and announced she'd treat the entire office to premium coffee. Everyone cheered and crowded around, while I sat in the corner like a ghost. At three in the afternoon, the boss, Victor, came in with grand promises: ""As long as you're willing to work hard, the company will never let you down!"" His gaze swept over everyone, except for mine. He called me into his office: ""I know you've made significant contributions, but your achievements are built on the company's platform."" He promised me the highest bonus next year, and I nodded, indicating I would ""continue to work hard."" As I left, I overheard snickers in the break room: ""Adrian is just born to work hard, doing the most work for the least pay. A promise from the boss is enough to keep him working himself to the bone."" I returned to my workstation and opened the encrypted folder. Inside were client data accumulated over five years. I calmly encrypted and compressed it, then uploaded it to my personal cloud drive. Just then, Victor rushed out and announced the new project: ""The client specifically requested the strongest team! Adrian, this is yours; we'll rely on it as our flagship project next year!"" I looked up and, for the first time, clearly refused: ""Sorry, my contract expires in six days. For the client's sake, you should find someone else.""" " When my $1,000 year-end bonus hit my account, I was in the middle of a formal dinner with the 120 most important partner reps our company had. The moment they found out that I was the one who handled every single one of their accounts, yet only got that much as a year-end bonus, the atmosphere at the table turned… strange. Meanwhile, my coworkers were spamming the group chat with
