Wife is a Lawyer

Chapter 5 A Tempting Offer

As Peter approached, a trace of fragrance from Adriana rushed to his face.

It smelt so familiar to him. A shiver went down his spine as soon as he smelt it.

With Luis in his arms, he frowned and apologized, “Have we met before?”

He somehow felt like this lady must be familiar to him. They seemed to know each other.

However, he found it hard to remember any details.

Adriana squinted and smiled, “Mr. Alston, that’s the way you tryna flirt with a girl?”

She grabbed her Gucci clutch from the table and replied with a cold glimpse, “Don’t ever try to cheat on

Theresa! If I notice something, you will pay the price!”

Then she left the ward.

What happened today really exhausted her. She returned to the hotel and soon fell asleep.

There would be more work expecting her tomorrow.

The weather appeared sunny in the next morning.

Inside the office of Hale Cobb Law Firm, Adriana was working on a pile of paperwork.

Suddenly, someone knocked the door.

“Ms. Hale, it’s Mr. Alston…” Vivian, her assistant, walked in to report.

Adriana raised her head and asked, “What is he doing here?”

She never deemed it pleasing to have a talk with this man.

She couldn’t help wondering what he was up for.

“Let him in.”

“Okay.” Vivian walked out of the office.

Peter then entered, followed by his assistant who was holding a portfolio.

He took a seat in a superior way.

“Ms. Hale, I am here to initiate a cooperation.” He uttered.

“A cooperation?” Adriana was a bit confused, “I don’t think my humble law firm could be capable

enough to be part of the cooperation.”

“It’s a return for you saving my son last night. From now on, the Alston Group will sign a permanent

contract with Hale Cobb Law Firm.”

Obviously, the Alston Group would permanently provide financial backup for the law firm regardless of

any return.

“Mr. Alston, you must be kidding. My law firm only specializes in divorce or criminal cases. We aren’t

expert of commercial lawsuits.”

Though it was a tempting contract, Peter would turn to be her superior as soon as she signed it.

She hated being inferior.

Besides, the awful impression of Peter greatly changed her idea—he didn’t seem that perfect as

Theresa once told her.

So she simply fudged it with an excuse.

“Just take your time to learn.” Peter insisted coldly.

“But…”

“It was Theresa who suggested it. She is grateful to you for saving Luis. So she suggested I drop by

and present you this offer.” Peter then gestured to his assistant.

The assistant walked over and put the contract on the table.

“You have two days to think about it. The time is limited.” As he finished, he stood up to leave.

“Wait!” Adriana suddenly stopped him, “Did Theresa suggest so? Really?”

As Peter had been engaged with Theresa, Adriana deemed it necessary to keep a distance from him.

However, the offer was too tempting to refuse.

After all, she started her business to earn money.

Undoubtedly, it was an exciting opportunity for the development of her law firm. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Do you think I was lying?” he glanced at her and huffed. Then he walked out of the office.

After he left, Adriana walked to the table and picked up the contract. She started to contemplate while

reading it.

Suddenly, her phone rang.

She stopped to take a look.

It was a call from Theresa.

“Theresa, what’s the matter?”

“I suggested Peter to initiate a cooperation with you. Did you sign the contract?” asked Theresa.

“Oh…I am reading it right now…” now she was sure that it was the idea of Theresa.

At the thought of that, she felt a bit embarrassed for her unnecessary speculation just now.

Whatever. Peter was known as the fiancé of Theresa. Adriana still needed to keep a distance from him

to avoid gossips. After all, she valued her friendship with Theresa.

“Peter told me that you saved Peter. He is grateful to you…But you can tell he looks a bit unfriendly and

taciturn. You can just turn to me if there is anything you need. I will let him notice. You know, he’s hard

to talk to.”

Actually, what Theresa meant was that Adriana should stay away from Peter.

But Adrian didn’t seem to notice that. She just took it as a friendly reminder.

“Okay. Hey, do you wanna hang out for dinner with me tonight? It’s on me!” Adriana suggested a dinner

as return.

“Okay.”

“Alright then. See you tonight.”

After hanging up the phone, Adriana continued to read the contract. Not until then did she realize that

the offer provided by Peter was actually of considerable profit.

What a generous guy!

Three years ago, the Hale Cobb Law Firm was founded by both Adriana and Anne, one of her best

friends, while Adriana contributed a greater proportion of shares at the beginning of the business.

Anne had been running the firm in Waverly. But recently, Anne insisted that she wanted to start a

branch overseas.

After negotiation, Adriana returned to Waverly to take over the headquarter. Meanwhile, Anne went

abroad to run the branch.

It took time for Adriana to get to know more about the business here. So she had been busy recently.

After lunch, while Adriana was working, the telephone in the office started ringing.

As she got disrupted, she frowned annoyedly. But she still answered it, “What’s the matter?”

“Ms. Hale, there is a little boy waiting for you. He says he’s your son!” the front desk lady told her.

“My son?” Adriana was speechless.

She only got a daughter in LA. How came she had a son?

“It must be a mistake. Just call the police for help…” before she finished, a sweet voice came from the

other side of the line, “Mommy, it’s me, Luis! I miss you!”