She Got Her Degree and Dumped Me; I Stepped In as Her Replacement

So what if I ranked fifth on the written exam? I got into the civil service by spotting an overlooked opportunity, rising from a clerk in the government office to a top leader’s trusted secretary. The day my ex begged me to take her back, I was accompanying my boss on an inspection of her divorce mediation case… “She cut ties with me after getting into the civil service. I got in as an alternate and saw the whole world. Township petitions, power plays among the bigwigs, hidden currents beneath the reefs… This is the world of officialdom,