Chapter 10 - Daniel Faces Immediate Termination At His Executive Office
Inside the sleek glass headquarters of Vanguard Capital in Manhattan, Daniel walked out of the elevator with his head bowed down.
Employees he had managed for years suddenly averted their eyes, pretending to study their tablets as he walked down the carpeted corridor.
He pushed open the heavy glass door to his executive corner office, expecting to find his leather chair and mahogany desk waiting for him.
Instead, two corporate security guards in dark suits stood silently beside his desk holding large cardboard packing boxes.
“Mr. Caldwell, please empty your desk drawers of personal items and surrender your building security badge immediately,” the lead guard instructed.
Daniel felt a hot wave of humiliation wash over his cheeks as several junior executives peered through the glass partition at him.
“There has been a mistake, I need to speak with Harrison Vance about my contract restructuring,” Daniel stammered angrily. gh
“Mr. Vance has accepted your immediate, unnegotiated resignation effective ten minutes ago,” the security guard replied coldly.
“And federal investigators have instructed us to confiscate your office computer for forensic data analysis.”
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Daniel grabbed a framed photograph of himself from his desk—ironically, a photo taken during a corporate gala that Elise had planned entirely.
He placed it inside his coat pocket, turned around on his heel, and walked out of the building without looking back once.
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