Story By sinclairimador
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Tainted Roses
Updated at Aug 12, 2026, 04:53
For four years, Serena Wilson poured every ounce of herself into F.U.I. She was the employee that everyone relied on, the one who stayed after hours without complaint, solved problems no one else could, and quietly carried her team's weight on her shoulders.Serena is Intelligent, disciplined, and fiercely determined. She believed that hard work would eventually speak louder than politics. And all she wanted was the promotion she had spent years earning through hard work and vigor.That perhaps, one day, she would get the chance to work alongside the woman she admired most, Viana Blanche. When Serena secured the biggest contract in her department's history, it felt as though fate had finally decided to smile on her, to be on her side and hopefully; never leave. Her achievement earned her an invitation to an exclusive dinner with the company's senior executives at one of the city's most luxurious restaurants. Walking in, she believed it was the beginning of everything she had worked for. Instead, it became the night that shattered her career. As laughter and expensive wine flowed around the table, a wet and clampy hand crept beneath it, sliding slowly up her thigh with a firm grip. Serena froze but no one noticed. They did not see the horror spread across her face as she subtly pushed the hand away even as it kept coming back. She convinced herself it had been a mistake; a drunken lapse in judgment that wouldn't happen again. And reporting one of the company's most influential executives without proof would only make her look irrational so she chose silence. It was a decision she would spend months regretting. Days later, she was summoned to the executive's office under the guise of discussing her promotion; the same man who had touched her indecently. The moment the door clicked shut behind her, his intentions became painfully clear. When Serena fought back and screamed, people heard and rushed in but the story was rewritten before she could tell her own. By the time the management became involved in the situation, she was no longer the victim. She was now the ambitious employee who had allegedly thrown herself at a married executive after being denied a promotion. Without witnesses, recordings, or evidence, her years of loyalty meant nothing. She then resigned under a cloud of humiliation, carrying a reputation she did not deserve. But losing her career wasn't the only burden Serena carried. Long before F.U.I., another tragedy had carved wounds into her life. One that was buried so deeply that even she didn't realize it would one day connect her fate to a man named Simon Sinclair. Serena, betrayed by people she trusted, was exhausted by a world that rewarded corruption over honesty so she stopped believing that justice existed. Now she wasn't looking for hope anymore, she was simply looking for another chance to prove herself and maybe rewrite her story. That chance arrived in the form of a job opening at Sinclair Holdings. Though she had no idea that walking through those doors would change not only her future, but the lives of everyone around her
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