My Ex-Boss Begged Me to Return After Blacklisting Me

Charlie Grey once saved Kinetix Group from collapse, turning a failing firm into an industry titan with a data model he built himself. For seven years he gave everything to the company, turning down other offers and working through countless nights. When a malicious attack nearly shut the system down, Franklin Wood promised him the Tech Director post and a $100,000 bonus for completing the upgrade. Charlie finished it in three months, only to overhear Franklin call him useless now and order his colleagues to find a reason to fire him without paying severance. Blacklisted across the industry, Charlie vanished for three years.

Now Kinetix is on the verge of bankruptcy, its core system outdated and its customers gone. Franklin calls Charlie out of the blue, asking him to come back, and an old colleague insists the company is willing to let bygones be bygones. But Charlie now works at Apex Systems, Kinetix's biggest rival, and his assistant Alex Langdon has already seen the news. As the calls keep coming, Charlie must decide what, if anything, he owes the man who threw him away.