Because Adriana did not come to the company for more than half a month, there was a backlog of work on hand.
After most of the month, it was simply too busy.
The secretary’s papers were delivered like one another, and the constant hugging of various schedules for tomorrow really made her a little tired.
After a long time of work, suddenly, there was an extra cup of coffee in front of me.
“Thanks.”
Adriana thought it was the secretary who brought over the coffee and took a sip of it in her hand.
But I heard Harlee say, “Take a break if you’re tired, you haven’t recovered yet, don’t work so hard.”
She swept her eyes up at him, put down her glass and didn’t say another word.
“By the way, I heard that you and Peter are in a lawsuit. Is it over the custody of the two children?”
Harlee had been trying to ask her from the moment she came in, but Adriana’s attitude was a little cold and Harlee didn’t find the right opportunity to ask.
“Hmm.”
Adriana’s attitude was cold and shy.
“Pretty good. If there’s anything you need, just ask, and I’ll help you if I can. After all, we are family.”
“No need, I can take care of it myself.”
“The other side’s lawyer is Rowan, a resounding figure in the legal profession who has never lost a case. I’m afraid things are not as simple as you think.”
Harlee has been supporting Adriana in her battle with Peter for custody of her children.
Her sudden appeal really took him by surprise.
“Are you suspecting that I bought my bar license?”
Adriana’s delicate face was tinged with a few chills, and her icy gaze fell on Harlee, “I told you, I’ll take care of my business, I don’t need you to worry about it.”
People have things they don’t want to mention.
And Peter is now tit-for-tat with her, former lover. People become enemies, this is her heart can not let go of a thorn, of course, do not want to talk about these things.
“Okay, okay, I believe you.”
Harlee noticed her face was not right and waved her hand, not bothering her again.
Knock-knock-
The office door knocked and the secretary came in and stood in front of the desk and said, “Ms. Hale, the company executives are here and are now waiting for you to come over to the conference room for a meeting.”
Adriana’s sudden arrival was very unpleasant for everyone.
Because Fryer Group has changed its president twice in just six months, it has naturally caused a lot of complaints from people.
“Okay, go over there right away.”
Adriana signed the contract with a pen in her hand, closed the document and handed it to the secretary, got up and headed for the conference room.
In the conference room, Adriana announced her identity directly to the executives, saying that she was Lawson and that they should work together to create good results for the company and not get involved in things they shouldn’t.
Then he made a planning and task assignment for the company’s performance in this year.
After everything was done, it was already noon.
When I came out of the conference room, I just walked to the office and saw Brenden standing in the office who I had not seen for many days.
He and Harlee both had a great conversation.
Somehow, at that moment, the only slight change in Adriana’s attitude toward Harlee dropped to a negative value.
“Ms. Hale?”
She walked in and just before she closed the door, Brenden and Harlee both saw her and got up to say hello.
“I haven’t seen you for several years, and you suddenly met me in your daughter’s body, so I’m really not used to it.”
Brenden was wearing a champagne-colored suit, his short hair was well-groomed, and his angular features were deep and three-dimensional, and he had a short beard, so he had a bit of a yuppie temperament.
I have to say, very handsome man.
The moralistic appearance suits him well.
Adriana still has a cold attitude, giving off a high and cold temperament. In a cold voice, she asked, “Something wrong?”
“That … you guys talk, I suddenly have something to take care of, so I’ll go back first.”
At that moment Harlee came over and stood in front of Adriana and said, “When you get off work tonight, I’ll come and pick you up.”
It is clear that they want to make private space for the two people to talk.
“Mr. Soto take your time.”
“Hmm.”
Harlee smiled and saw Adriana sitting in the executive chair with her head down and starting to work, completely ignoring him, not caring and walking straight out of the office.
The office door closed, and she and Brenden were the only ones in the large office.
Adriana is not an impulsive person, but as soon as she thinks about what Brenden did to her five years ago, she feels a burst of anger in her heart.
“Just hate me that much? Aren’t you curious why Peter forgave me five or six years ago when he knew I kidnapped you and the baby?”
Brenden went straight to the point and was smart enough to find the event Adriana most wanted to know about.
As long as Adriana is interested, they can keep talking.
As a matter of fact, Adriana’s hand was holding the signature pen for a few seconds, but she hesitated and immediately went back to work.
A perfunctory response, “Not interested.”
The past has passed, no matter what the outcome will not change anything, and there is little point in pursuing it further.
“The mouth is the heart.”
Brenden pulled out a cigarette from the cigarette case, containing. Into the lips, lit, took a puff, the thin lips slowly exhaled a curl of smoke, hiding the cold face of the timeless.
He said: “You like Peter, I know very well. But … The Alston family and the Soto family are a family feud, and you are not destined to be together. So it’s not that you don’t want to know the reason now, but it’s clear that even if you know the reason, it won’t change anything.”
“Huh.”
Adriana laughed softly, did not look up, just cold as ice asked, “Yes or no what does it matter to you? Is it to say how much you hate The Alston family? Is it to convince me to help you, to overthrow Peter together, and then you take the position of The Alston family heir in one fell swoop?”
Clutching the signature pen, he signed his name on the last page of the document contract, and when he closed the document, his cold eyes raised, “Brenden, I will not cooperate with you.”
The rejection was crisp and decisive, without hesitation.
The hostility and hatred is very clear.
Brenden laughed instead of being angry, “But the Soto family will work with me.”
She, on the other hand, has now returned to the Soto family, so even a decisive refusal on the issue of cooperation is meaningless.
“Even if I am a member of THE Soto family, I am still a separate individual. Trying to get me to help you? A fool’s dream.”
“So, the things Peter did to you weren’t enough to make you hate him?”
He turned and walked over to the low table, flicked the ashes toward the ashtray, and gazed out the floor-to-ceiling window with his eyes into the distance.
A sigh, “It seems you don’t hate Peter enough. this nephew of mine is really charming, I have to be convinced.”
Not willing to listen to his nonsense, Adriana leaned back in the executive chair and wrinkled her brow, “Tell me, what do you really want from me?”
“You … have agreed to work with me?”
Brenden, somewhat incredulous, turned to look at her, striding over to her, “What’s with the sudden change of heart?”
“Because we have a common enemy. But what are you going to give?” Adriana raised an eyebrow, long fingers as white as green onions resting against her chin, and pursed her lips in a smile.
That smile is icy cold with a few moments of high beauty, very provocative.