The Divine Coin Toss She Fired Me, So I Made Her Empire CrumbleChapter 1
After the New Year break, I went to the Patron Saint's Shrine to pray for good fortune before heading back to work. On a whim, I cast the oracle cups—and all six landed sacred side up.
The entire temple went silent.
The boss gave me a red envelope with eighty-eight hundred dollars on the spot and told me to serve as the company's full-time fortune seeker from now on.
But my boyfriend—Dean Cooley, a hotshot director who'd been parachuted in fresh from his Ivy League degrees—sneered at the whole thing. Right there in front of everyone, he grabbed my Incense Altar and smashed it on the ground.
"We live in a modern society. The fact that this company pays a charlatan like you is an embarrassment!" He straightened his cuffs. "Effective immediately, you're fired."
I looked at him—at the faint dark line of misfortune creeping across his forehead—and smiled. "Fine. As long as Ms. Delgado has no objections, I'll leave right now."
Beverly Delgado had her arm looped through Dean's. She didn't even look at me. "Vincent Sullivan, superstition really isn't a good look. You should find opportunities elsewhere."
I turned and walked out without another word.
A Rolls-Royce was idling at the curb. I got in.
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"Ten million a year. Year-end bonuses calculated separately. In all of Gilbert Group, you'll hold the highest authority after me."
Lisa Gilbert slid the contract across the table, her eyes bright with a smile she'd clearly been saving. "I've been waiting for this day for a very long time."
I let out a dry laugh and didn't pick up the pen. "Aren't you afraid I'm just a con artist playing tricks with incense and smoke?"
Lisa's voice was unwavering. "Beverly Delgado is blind. I'm not."
"Mr. Sullivan, you don't just have talent—you have divine favor."
"Three years on the job, and you took Delgado Group all the way to an IPO. Everyone in the Capital knows what you're capable of."
She paused. "But before anything else, you need to retrieve the half of your Sacred Oracle Cup that you left enshrined at Delgado Group."
"If you don't sever the karmic tie with the Delgado family, your fortune will keep draining. And they'll keep feeding off your energy like parasites."
A jolt ran through me. She was right.