My Bully Thought I Only Spoke Spanish Until I Saved a $40 Million Deal Chapter 08

My Bully Thought I Only Spoke Spanish Until I Saved a $40 Million Deal Chapter 08

That night when I got home, Ms. Bennett called again.

“Ms. Voss, I’m truly sorry to bother you again. But this matter requires your personal attention. Your parents’ estate involves cross-border assets. Under Swiss law, the funds will be automatically transferred to a custodial institution if we don’t complete the settlement within six months.”

“How much?”

“The balance in your parents’ Zurich account is 4.7 million Swiss francs. In addition, there’s a property in Munich—”

“Ms. Bennett.”

“Yes?”

“I told you. I don’t want any of it.”

“But Ms. Voss—”

“Find an international charity fund and donate everything. If signatures are needed, mail the documents to me. I’ll sign them.”

I hung up the phone.

4.7 million Swiss francs.

Roughly 3.7 million USD.

Plus the apartment in Munich.

I earned an annual salary of $80,000, raised a cat, and lived in a studio apartment with poor heating.

My parents had left me nearly $5 million in inheritance.

I didn’t want it.

Every dollar carried traces of their final journey—flying to Geneva for a peace negotiation project.

I didn’t want it.

Mochi lay at my feet and meowed softly.

“It’s okay. Your kibble supply won’t be cut off.”

The next day was Friday.

At nine o’clock in the morning, Julian Cole called a full meeting of the Translation Department.

Everyone was present, including me.

Julian stood at the front of the conference room, with Derek Cole beside him.

“Two topics for today’s meeting.”

“First, the Apex Group project. The initial coordination is complete, and Mr. Rainer is highly satisfied with our translation quality. Bonuses for this project will be issued next month.”

Everyone looked expectant.

“Second.” Julian looked toward me. “Regarding the update of employees’ resume information.”

Briar Hale sat up straight.

“I’ve noticed that some employees didn’t fully disclose their skills when joining the company. I emphasize again—company HR policy requires all skill information to be true and complete. If there are omissions, please update them within this week.”

After speaking, he looked away from me.

But Briar wasn’t going to let it go.

“Mr. Cole, I have a question.”

“Go ahead.”

“If an employee intentionally conceals their skills, causing the company to misallocate human resources, is that a violation?”

She stared straight at me as she spoke.

All eyes in the room turned to me.

Julian thought for a moment.

“That depends on the specific circumstances.”

“Let me give you an example.” Briar stood up. “Suppose an employee only lists Spanish on their resume but actually masters multiple languages. The company assigns them a position and salary based on a Spanish translator’s standard, and they don’t object. Over three years, the company unknowingly wastes a large amount of available human resources. Is this kind of behavior—”

“Enough.”

I was the one who cut her off, not Julian.

Everyone looked at me.

I stood up.

“Ms. Hale, you’re talking about me. No need to beat around the bush.”

Briar raised an eyebrow.

“So what if I am?”

“Yes. I only listed Spanish on my resume. But I’ve always completed my Spanish translation work without any mistakes. My job requires Spanish, and I meet the requirement. As for other languages—”

“You hid other languages, making the company spend high salaries to hire German, French, and Japanese teams, when you alone could replace all of them. Isn’t this harming the company’s interests?”

I looked at her.

“Ms. Hale, if I alone can replace everyone—then what is your position?”

Briar paled for a split second.

The room fell silent for three seconds.

“This has nothing to do with my position!”

“It does.” I said. “You’re not really worried about the company’s interests. You’re worried that my ability surpasses yours, and you can’t keep your supervisor position.”

“You—”

“I’ll say it again. Not listing a skill on a resume isn’t concealment. The job application form doesn’t state that ‘all skills must be filled in.’ It’s my right to choose to only show the skills required for the position I applied for.”