The Wedding Leave Backlash and My Comeback

When an employee's TikTok rant accusing her boss of being a toxic capitalist goes viral, CEO Ainsley Castillo finds herself at the center of a massive public scandal. Despite facing doxxing and threats, Ainsley doubles down during a live stream, refusing to approve the wedding leave while inviting legal action. As lawyers offer pro bono help to the employee, the situation takes a mysterious turn when the worker suddenly hesitates to sue, hinting at deeper secrets behind the public outcry.

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The board issued a public statement: [Due to Paige Russell's egregious personal conduct, which has caused irreparable damage to the company brand, by unanimous board decision, effective immediately, she is removed from her CEO position, and all her shares are frozen.]

I got fired from the company I founded. The news hit, and the internet celebrated.

Ainsley's wedding happened on the same day. She live-streamed the whole thing, with viewership breaking ten million.

She wore an expensive custom gown and flawless makeup, basking in her life's peak moment.

In the stream, a viewer brought me up. [What happened to your toxic boss? Is she dead?]

Ainsley covered her mouth, faking sympathy. "Oh, guys, don't bring her up today. It's my big day. I actually feel bad for her; she's got nothing left now."

Her eyes gleamed with smug challenge on camera. "If she thinks I faked documents or lied about anything, she can totally sue me."

She chuckled, "I'm waiting for her lawyer's letter."

The chat erupted in laughter.

[Hahaha, like she can afford a lawyer now?]

[Let her bring it to court. See if she will win.]

[Ainsley, just ignore that crazy hag.]

My phone rang again. It was my mom, her voice breaking. "Paige, please stop being so stubborn. Your dad had a heart attack and was hospitalized. We're old; we can't handle this social pressure."

I hung up without responding, but then, a message came from Victoria: [Paige, I've given up. I can't fight them; I'm just a regular person. You should, too.]

Silent, I watched the live feed. Ainsley and her groom were about to exchange rings.

It was about time. I shut off the stream.

At the wedding venue, the music hit its climax, and the crowd cheered.

"Now, the groom may kiss the bride!" announced the priest.

Right then, the ballroom doors flung open, the huge noise drowning out the music. Every guest, plus millions watching live, looked over.

Ainsley stiffened at the sight of me, her face going pale. She pointed a finger at me, screeching, "Security! Get this crazy woman out! She's here to cause trouble!"

The guards rushed over in a panic, but I was unstoppable. Ignoring her screams and the stunned guests on both sides, I walked straight to the stage.

The priest was too shocked to speak. The groom, Donovan Pope, shielded Ainsley, yelling, "What are you doing here? Get out!"

I took the mic from the priest, smirking at Ainsley. My voice wasn't loud, but it echoed through the speakers across the room and the stream. "Relax. I'm here to deliver a gift."

I turned to the cameras and guests, holding up a flash drive. "You wanna sue me? Watch the evidence first."

I went aside to the control console and plugged in the device before the staff could react. The screen flickered on, displaying a file—Ainsley's onboarding paperwork at my company.

The livestream viewers froze.

I grabbed a laser pointer, a red dot landing precisely on the key date. It was the day before her wedding leave request.

The room went dead silent for three seconds. Then a round of gasps echoed.

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Action Fantasy Modern

9.0

After My Mate Tried to Sacrifice Me

9.0

Waking up to warm sunlight in her mate's bedroom, she is gripped by the terrifying certainty that she should be dead. Struggling against a tight chest and the lingering ghost of a bone-deep, icy demise, she grips the cotton sheets in disbelief. Surrounded by the familiar pale gray walls she helped Damien choose years ago, she must confront the horrifying reality of her survival after a ultimate betrayal.

Fantasy Horror Modern Romance Werewolf

9.0

Atoned for Nothing: His Death Ploy

9.0

For eight years, a young girl endured her parents' blame for the plane crash that claimed her brother James. Forced to repent annually at an empty grave, her life ends in a brutal encounter on her eighteenth birthday. Even as she dies, her mother dismisses her cries for help as a ploy to avoid her duties. However, the tragic narrative shifts when James suddenly reappears years later with a pregnant wife, revealing that the guilt she died for was based on a lie.

Modern Mystery Young Adult

9.0

Broken Groom Reborn: I'll Ruin Your Romance

9.0

After Camille Prescott postpones their wedding for the ninth time to save her suicidal lover, Bryce, the protagonist reaches a breaking point. In a past life, his compliance led to his mother’s hospitalization and his own paralysis after Bryce pushed him from a balcony. Camille blamed him for the tragedy, leading him to end his life. Now reborn, he refuses to be a victim. He seeks to reclaim his dignity and dismantle the toxic romance that once destroyed him.

Action Modern Mystery Romance

8.2

Discarded Wife: The Secret Billionaire Heiress

8.2

I spent three years playing the role of a submissive, small-town wife for Evertt Baker, trading my true identity for a quiet life in a Manhattan penthouse. I thought my devotion would be enough to build a real home, but I was just a placeholder in his grand design. The illusion shattered at 2 AM when Evertt walked in smelling of Chanel No. 5-the signature scent of his mistress, Adda. Without a word of apology, he dropped divorce papers on the table, demanding I sign them immediately so he could finally be with the woman he truly loved. He looked at me with pure disgust, flicking a five-million-dollar check toward me as if he were paying off an incompetent employee. He told me it was more money than anyone from my "trailer park" background would ever see and ordered me to hurry because Adda was waiting in the car downstairs. He didn't care that I had spent years nursing him through illness and tolerating his family's insults; he only cared about his own convenience. The sheer arrogance of his payout and the blatant disrespect of bringing his mistress to our home was the final blow. I realized that the man I loved never actually saw me, only the submissive shadow I had forced myself to become. I signed the papers with a fluid scrawl he didn't bother to check, then I fed his millions into the office shredder. I pulled a hidden, encrypted device from a kitchen drawer and dialed a number I hadn't called in three years. "Brother," I said, my voice finally steady. "Come get me. The game is over." Evertt thought he was discarding a penniless nobody, but he was about to find out that he had just declared war on the Stafford empire.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.8

Hands of Stone, Heart of Vengeance

9.8

My husband told me I was a bad investment, a legacy asset he was forced to liquidate after a car crash stole his memory of our love five years ago. He replaced me with a "Muse," a supermodel whose lies were as polished as the magazine covers she graced. But when her son—the boy Adrian believed was his heir—suffered a sudden allergic reaction, she tearfully accused me of being a jealous chemist who mixed poison to harm an innocent child. My husband, the man whose empire was built on the scents I created, didn't hesitate. In a blind rage, he declared that if my hands were used for evil, they shouldn't be used at all. He ordered his security team to bring quick-drying industrial cement. "Since you can't control these hands, I will seal them forever," he commanded, his voice devoid of mercy. He then had my hands encased in stone and had me displayed in the window of our flagship store, a public spectacle for the world to condemn. As I stood there, the heavy weight crushing my fingers and my soul, I finally understood. My blind love and foolish hope had been my downfall. I had loved the wrong man, and he had utterly destroyed me. But they made one fatal mistake. They didn't know about the hidden camera I’d planted in the nursery. And they had no idea that my family controlled the very flowers that kept his empire alive.

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The Wedding Leave Backlash and My Comeback

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