My Rival's Ghost Designer

Summary

The senior designer at my new firm made it her mission to undermine me.

She didn't just publicly declare that I was incompetent; she got our manager to take away the first major project I'd ever been given. My explanations went nowhere. But that evening, I stumbled upon the two of them whispering outside the office.

"Mark, just give the project to me," she was saying. "The commission's ten grand. We'll do a sixty-forty split—your sixty. I promise you, I'll deliver something way better than Sophie ever could."

My manager agreed instantly and handed the project over to her.