All Chapters of Boss Framed Me, so I'm Reborn Petty: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

When I told my boss, Jack Davenport, I was resigning, he looked at me with genuine surprise. "Annie, what brought this on?"I handed him the letter. "Mr. Davenport, you were the one who suggested I take a voluntary pay cut so I wouldn't be a burden on the company. My current salary is enough to hire three fresh graduates in the same field. My leaving isn't exactly a bad deal for you."Jack glanced at the resignation letter. I knew he had been hoping that I would quit for a long time. My salary was substantial, after all.But he was afraid of pushing me out. I had handled the company's finances for years and knew too much about what was really going on with the books.So Jack brought in Julie Trent. On paper, it was to lighten my workload. I believed that at first.But it didn't take long before Julie started ganging up on me with the rest of the office. I had wanted to walk away then, but I couldn't bring myself to give up the salary I had spent years building up to.This time ar

Chapter 2

"Annie, are you really leaving?" Julie watched me pack up my desk, doing her best to look surprised. Then her tone shifted to something more casual. "I mean, I get it. Your salary was pretty high, and the company's payroll has been a real strain. Something had to give."She tilted her head, her expression filled with genuine concern. "Don't worry, though. I studied this in school, and I already know the business inside out. Once you're gone, I'll make sure everything keeps running smoothly."I smiled politely and said nothing.When I looked at her again, I didn't bother hiding my disdain. Julie was the one who had spent months whispering in Jack's ear that I was lazy, always looking for excuses to take breaks, and that she was nothing like me.She worked harder, knew the business just as well, and cost the company a fraction of what I did. After hearing it long enough, Jack started to believe it.I wasn't going to waste my energy arguing with her. I signed the handover documents

Chapter 3

I looked at Jack and felt nothing but disappointment. I had been with him since the very beginning, back when he first started this company. My salary was practically nothing in those days, and there were stretches where the company couldn't even make payroll. I stuck it out anyway, told myself it was worth it, that once the business took off, things would get better for me too.Instead, all I got was suspicion. Jack decided I cost too much, brought in Julie to undermine me, and slowly pushed me out the door.I had poured years of my life into this place. It was time to take all of that back for myself.I didn't make a scene. I handed my things over to security for inspection. All I walked out with was a coffee mug and the signed handover document.Before I left, I stood at the base of the building and looked up one last time. This was the place where I'd spent the last ten years of my life. And now, I would never have to think about any of it again.I could finally go on a real

Chapter 4

I listened to Jack raging on the other end of the line and laughed.I said, "Mr. Davenport, that money was mine. I used my own funds to cover a gap in the books so you wouldn't get flagged during an IRS audit."Now that I've resigned, it's only right that I take it back. The receipts and a full explanation were in the handover documents I gave you."It had been an emergency at the time. The only way to balance the accounts was to put my own money in. Now that I was gone, there was no reason to leave it there.Jack's voice went cold. "You didn't follow proper company procedure. And what's the point of giving me some file? I threw it out the day you left."He said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world. I didn't even have the energy to be angry. I just hung up.That money had nothing to do with me in the first place. I had already gone above and beyond to fix a problem I didn't create.Now that I was out, it wasn't my responsibility anymore. Since I had no intention of

Chapter 5

I almost laughed when I heard that. They seemed to have completely forgotten that I no longer worked there."Julie, I've resigned. The handover is done. Everything about the company's finances is in the documents I left you. Why are you calling me about this?"I hung up before she could answer. I wasn't interested in going back and forth.The days I spent at the beach were the most peaceful I'd had in years. Every morning, instead of waking up to an endless pile of financial reports, I opened my eyes to the ocean stretching out to the horizon. It made me feel like every new day actually had something good waiting in it.I stretched, grabbed my board, and was heading down to the water when my phone rang again. It was Jack calling.I looked at the name on the screen, sighed, and picked up."Annie, book a flight and get back to the office. Now." His tone was as overbearing as ever."Why would I do that?""There's a hole in the company's finances. You need to come back and fix it.

Chapter 6

I smiled when I saw the messages, but there was nothing behind them. I had chosen to resign. My mind was made up long before I walked out that door, and there was no going back.Besides, I already had a new job lined up with better pay and better terms. Why would I return?I didn't reply to any of them.In my previous life, when the company came after me with a lawsuit, every single one of these coworkers had testified against me. They helped Jack's case piece by piece until I had nothing left to stand on.Knowing how that story ended, there was no way I was going to let it play out the same way twice. They acted as if they cared about me, but the only people they were really looking out for were themselves.I spent the rest of the day at the hotel. Jack and Julie kept calling, one after the other. Every time the phone rang, I declined it immediately. But the more I ignored them, the more relentless the calls became. Eventually, I had no choice but to block both their numbers. T

Chapter 7

I had never heard Jack sound like that before. There was something close to begging in his voice.Still, it didn't change anything. I just laughed softly."Mr. Davenport, I can't help you. I'm on vacation, and I'm enjoying myself. I'm not coming back."Jack's composure cracked. "Annie, are you doing this on purpose? A day or two of vacation is one thing, but you've been gone for ages. You never used to be like this."Look, if you help the company get through this, I'll throw in some extra money on top."I didn't believe a single word of it. The moment I went back and touched those accounts, every problem would land squarely on me.I had already fallen for that once. I wasn't falling for it again."Mr. Davenport, I warned you about this a long time ago. I told you to keep cash reserves on hand, but you never listened. Every time the company had money in the bank, you poured it straight into the next investment."Those were your decisions. Blaming me for how the accounts look now

Chapter 8

When I arrived at the station, Jack was sitting there looking like he hadn't slept in days. Julie was next to him, her face drained of color.Neither of them had any of the confidence they used to carry. The moment they saw me, they couldn't even hold eye contact.I didn't acknowledge either of them. I walked straight over to the officers and started laying out the evidence I had gathered. It was all right there. The officers only needed to glance through it to see that the accusations didn't hold up.I added calmly, "If there's anything else you need from me, I'm happy to provide it. But I didn't do what he's claiming, and I had no reason to."I looked at Jack. "There's nothing at his company worth stealing."The officers turned to look at Jack.Being the center of that kind of attention clearly rattled him. "Annie, you're already here. You might as well come back to the office with me. If you don't, I'll hire the best lawyers I can find and make sure you end up behind bars."I

Chapter 9

When my vacation was over, I showed up at the new company right on time.What I didn't expect was for the CEO, Daniel Ross, to be waiting for me at the entrance with a cup of coffee in hand. "Annie, welcome aboard. Your office is on the top floor, with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the ocean."I stood there for a moment, caught off guard. At Jack's company, my desk had been shoved into the farthest corner of the finance department, without so much as a window. And even that had taken years of working practically every day of the year to earn."Mr. Ross, that's really too kind."He smiled and waved me off. "It's not me being nice. I mean it. Having you here is going to take this company a long way."On my first day, I received the company's full financial records. They were clean, organized, and every transaction was properly documented. I spent a week going through every process and put together three separate optimization proposals. Daniel reviewed them and made his decision

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