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I led the team for eight years, finally developing a groundbreaking drug for stomach cancer.
On the day of the celebration banquet, I had planned to reveal my secret marriage to CEO husband James.
Instead, he showed up all smiles with his first love on his arm, both dressed to the nines.
"Let me introduce everyone. This is Emily, a newly returned medical doctor who will be serving as the director of our pharmaceutical research institute. Please give her a warm welcome."
After the thunderous applause, Emily took James's hand, her face full of tenderness: "James, I can finally be by your side again."
James smiled gently at her words: "Thank you for coming."
Their hands remained clasped, as the crowd laughed and cheered them on.
Watching the sweet couple, I walked straight onto the stage and threw the research director's ID badge at Emily.
"Congratulations, Dr. Kerpan, on becoming the new director. Since you're so happy, why don't you two get married to celebrate?"

Selling Cancer Drug to Husband's Rival Company

Cora's concoction was successful when she followed the recipe, so how could there be so many failures?"


"If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. What a waste of time and resources."


"Looks like our foreign-educated hotshot might be a fish out of water, forgetting how to swim."


"Alright, enough chatter. Why are you all just standing around? Go find Cora and bring her here immediately."


Hearing the others' criticisms of Emily, James had no time to defend her as he anxiously sought to resolve the issue.


After all, this was the company's largest investment project in recent years, and whether they could attract substantial funding depended entirely on this technology!


"But sir, Cora resigned yesterday. You personally signed her resignation letter."


The secretary timidly spoke up in response to James' directive.


Chapter 5