Chapter 66

Seeing that I remained silent, Selena let the matter drop. She only added in a disgruntled tone, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I would've made you stick to the contract with my company back then." I had signed an agreement with her company, where they would cover four years of my tuition in exchange for at least five years of employment after graduation. But once I started working there, I realized I was assigned to difficult tasks or impossible projects. The workload was intense. It took tremendous mental and physical energy. By the end of the summer internship during my third year, I had lost 15 pounds. When I returned to school, Selena saw my sharp jawline and skinny collarbones and nearly cried. "This isn't a platform for you to showcase your skills. They are exploiting you. For work worth tens of thousands, they're paying you just five thousand a month. They're not helping you. They're using you as cheap labor." That experience made her realize how cruel the c