He Murdered Me, I Quit & Inherited Wealth

Chapter 2 Let Her Have It

The crowd of onlookers immediately boiled over with rage upon hearing her words.

"Lilly, what do you think you're doing? What right do you have to force Hannah to drop out? How can you be so vicious?"

"Just because Hannah comes from a poor family doesn't give you the right to bully her like this!"

"Lilly, are you really using your family's little bit of wealth to throw your weight around? That's utterly repulsive!"

Shawn grabbed my arm, speaking in an earnest, heavy tone, "Lilly, I know you've always been spoiled and willful, but this directly affects Hannah's life. You can't ruin her future over this. It's just a team leader position—what's the big deal if you hand it over to her? It's not like it matters that much to you anyway."

Hearing his words made my blood boil.

Back then, you all said, 'Since you're the team leader, you should take on the major responsibilities.'

'When you had me staying up all night writing business proposals, why didn't you ask Hannah to step up as leader then?'

'When I humbled myself and ran around to countless companies, drinking until I vomited just to pull in investments for our team, where was Hannah then?'

Now that the competition is almost over and she wants to replace me, it suddenly boils down to a light, dismissive line: "It's just a team leader position."

"I didn't force her to drop out," I said coldly. "Besides, I personally secured all the funding and partnerships for this startup project. What right does Hannah have to take my place?"

Shawn let out a dismissive laugh.

"Lilly, stop bragging about bringing in the funding. The only reason you managed to get those investments was because our team is so outstanding! Even if we sent Hannah, she could do it too—maybe even bring in more than you did."

Hannah put on a coy, bashful expression and added, "Lilly, you shouldn't deny how talented our team is just to puff yourself up. Shawn is a well-known financial genius, after all. Those investors were probably coming for him anyway."

Delighted by Hannah's flattery, Shawn adopted an even more arrogant posture.

"Hannah is right. Lilly, I was willing to overlook your behavior before, but if you're so selfish that you'd try to ruin Hannah, I will never allow it."

I raised my eyes, letting out a soft laugh. "In that case, let her have it."

Hearing my response, Shawn looked immensely satisfied.

"Lilly, that's more like it. I like it when you're reasonable. You'll have plenty of opportunities in the future, but Hannah can't afford to lose this chance."

I nodded cheerfully. "Then I wish you two a smooth startup."

Assuming I was trying to shirk my responsibilities, Hannah spoke up with dissatisfaction, "Lilly, even if you're no longer the team leader, you're still a member of our team. So, you should still handle the tasks you were previously responsible for."

I scoffed, mocking her mercilessly, "Hannah, when I was the team leader, I handled 70% of the workload. Now you cause a scene to replace me, yet you still expect me to do most of the work? You've got some nerve."

Hannah's face turned pale. "That's not what I meant... The competition is ending soon, so changing roles abruptly isn't ideal."

"So you do know the competition is almost over," I replied with a nod. "Which is why you conveniently picked this exact moment to swoop in and steal the credit, right?"

The moment I said this, the crowd of onlookers realized what was actually going on.

They immediately turned their criticism toward Hannah, calling her scheming, opportunistic, and a two-faced b***h.

Hannah scrambled to explain, but no one believed her anymore.

After all, many of them had personally watched me hustle day in and day out, leaving early and coming back late to pitch to clients.

Seeing that Hannah was on the verge of tears again, Shawn shielded her protectively, glaring at me in fury.

"Lilly, Hannah is only doing what's best for our team! Stop deliberately slandering her! She's the team leader now, which gives her the authority to assign you tasks. You'd better fall in line and listen to her. If you refuse to follow instructions, we'll have no choice but to kick you out of the team!"