Part 1My Husband's Assistant Fooled Me With a So-Called Official Announcement. I Put In So Much Effort, Only to End up Losing My Entire Year-End Bonus as Punishment!

At the company's annual meeting, my husband's assistant, Megan Clarke, secretly revealed that my husband, Timothy Reed, was about to make an official announcement about us.

Dressed in a beautiful gown and holding a bouquet of flowers, I, Natalie Pearson, walked towards my husband, only for the scheming Megan to throw the flowers straight at my head, crying hysterically.

"Natalie, I only told you about my relationship with Timothy. I didn't expect you to steal him from me! Even if you are the lead on the core project, you can't behave like this!"

Instead of defending me, my husband did nothing but strip away my year-end bonus and place Megan in my project team for some extra shine.

Everyone in the company quickly caught on and began clapping, congratulating my husband and Megan on their fairy-tale romance.

My team members even tried to advise me.

"Ms. Pearson, I know you've had a crush on Mr. Reed for ten years, but now that the company is going public, just hold your tongue and say something nice."

I just smiled at Megan and tossed the appointment letter for the project manager position at her.

"How could I let the company's leading lady be my subordinate? As project manager, I think only you are qualified to lead the company to even greater success."

After all, I was the only one who knew the key formula for the project. I was really curious to see how my husband came up with that ten-million-dollar penalty.