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opened the office and she found Lila standing

giggled as she strolle

le on her face. “Go

ight way to greet me? Woah! You didn’t even offer me a seat! So rude of you, CEO Kiara! Is this how you tr

laptop screen. She was busy ta

ou a question

am list

s a client or a best

ing question. Perhaps am I making you u

ou didn’t even reply to any of my text messages?!” Kiara

rs without caring about her welfare. Lila knew Kiara was just being her usual self—Being petty.

lunch? We can talk things out from there.” She requested with a fake

nish up a few files on some top clients. We are fully bo

. “I can tell already that you wou

greement. “Busine

ng.” Lila completed her intend

nge in Lila’s countenance and tone. “Are you okay

. Without wasting much time, Kiara got ou

wrong? Talk

rk...yesterday.” L

ulled her out of the chair and took her to settle on the couch. “Please stop c

ra know of her situation that’s why she refused to

he handed her the bottle of water. “Remember ou

. “I don’t even know if I

y earlier. So please let me in on your s

dos.” Lila

he news about Mrs Osvaldo stabbing her husband to death

er sister in court. She specifically mentioned my name. I looked through the case and and it was something I could defend but knowing

reason?” Kiara mumbled with

dos winning against her in-laws is very low but he wants us to try beca

u shoul

stic violence didn’t even feel pity for you and all she wanted was the freedom of her son!” She stood up abruptly. “Woah! Thinking back at when she offered yo

a had talked nonstop about getting a job at Kings Law Firm after taking her bar exam. The happiness on Lila’s face after getting the job was still vivid in her memory. Seven years since she

ra apologized for causi

ce clean. “Why ar

ult.” Tears pul

didn’t reach out to you yesterday. Daniel was with me throughout an

integrity. The truth is Kings Law Firm is not what I imagined it to be. My bos

been almost five months since she divorced Carlos Osvaldo and she hasn’t heard about h

promise to protect you from the Osvaldos and that’s what I did. I think it’s a blessing in disguis

ine smile crawling on her face. “I don’t regret turning the offer to defend Ele

re...about

ndred, I am 99.9% sure and the 1% is for the

, what do I do with you? I am the one who got fired bu

ulled away from the embrace. “But you should have called me immediately. It had me thinkin

an always run the session on me at home. I didn’t want to bother

t should be reciprocated but because Daniel is in the

not true. I come running to you first but this issue

is capable of handling any task at hand. And Ki

r space? Do you have an estimation of wha

ping out financially then I’ll have to decline. The fact that you

nd who has helped me out a whole lot of

and travel around the globe. And not spend it on

imes that I don’t want to travel around t

at almost caused your

asn’t the town itself b

up my firm. You can hold on to your mone

for the furnishin

et you know if there is any help you can

ry unfai

being sad for my situation. I came here to tell you s

a leaned back into