Chapter 54
Chapter 54
As soon as Porter walked into the office, he saw Julie sitting right at the entrance. He nced at the
circle of employees engaged in conversation, pped his hands, and said, “Alright guys, chill out for a
sec, I want to introduce y’all to our new colleague, Julie. She’s a top–notch student from Pinnacle
University, graduated as the cream of the crop.”
The employees finally noticed Julie and started apuding.
Julie gave a slight smile. “Hi everyone, I’m Julie. Thanks for having me.”
“Mr. Porter, you bring such a pretty new face to our firm. Aren’t you afraid your folks at home will have a
problem with that?” Grant joked, which made Julie feelfortable with thepany’s atmosphere.
Porter shot Grant a look and said, Julie’s a brainiac. She wouldn’t give me the time of day. We’re all
free birds at my ce.”
After saying that, Porter turned to Grant and said, “I’m leaving Julie in your hands. Since she
graduated, she hasn’t worked in the field, so she’s still new to this. Make sure you show her the ropes.”
Turning back to Julie, Porter said, “Grant is one of our top dogs here at the firm. Stick by his side, you’ll
learn a ton. If there’s anything you don’t get, just
holler.”
Grant walked over to Julie and joked, “I’m not really the best at our firm. Porter’s just pulling your leg.
He’s the real deal.”
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“Quit fooling around” Porter called out to everyone. “I want everyone in the conference room in five
minutes.”
Grant handed Julie a notebook and a pen, then led her into the office, following behind Porter. Porter
was already sitting in the boss‘ chair, not paying too much attention to Julie, to avoid any unnecessary
chit–chat.
He switched on hisputer and asked everyone, “Did y’all catch the headlines today?”
Everyone promptly nodded and started sharing their opinions, “Creative Nexus Media is pretty much
done for. I always thought Bertha was really Mr. Hernandez’s fiancée, and they were about to tie the
knot. Who would’ve thought it was all smoke and mirrors by Creative Nexus Media”
Listening to the firstment, Julie was a bit lost.
Grant, sitting next to her, also chimed in, “Mr. Hernandez is personally suing Creative Nexus Media for
spreading false rumors and tarnishing his reputation. This is definitely going to court.”
“Exactly!” Porter nodded, starting his analysis, “Simpo Co’sw firm is Sterling & Associates. Unlike our
de Law Firm, they’re big shots when ites to business disputes. We, on the other hand, are
pros at personal disputes. From what I’ve heard, Mr. Hernandez is currently looking for awyer for the
Creative Nexus Media case. You catch my drift?”
Grant nodded. “You’re saying… we should try to bag this case?”
Porter nodded at Grant. “You’ve handled cases for Simpo Co.’s PR department before, so you’ll be
leading the charge on this. If Mr. Hernandez has other ns, I won’t hold you responsible. But if we can
land this case, you’ll be in for a big payday. All other attorneys will be backing you up.”
Julie was still in a daze when Porter suddenly mentioned her “Grant, take Julie with you. Let her get a
taste of the job, learn a few things.”
The meeting ended and Julie was still trying to figure out what had just happened. All she knew was
she had to go all out to persuade Kieran to choose de Law Firm.
Grant walked over to the dazed Julie, lightly patted her shoulder, and handed her two files. This one’s
about Mr. Hernandez, and this one’s about his secretary, Karl Get to know them first, we gotta know
our opponents to have the upper hand. Get ready, we’re going to Simpo Co. this afternoon.” Julie took
the files, and Grant reminded her, “Oh, and don’t forget to check out the news rted to this that was
posted online this morning”
Julie went back to her seat with the files and started checking the news about Kieran on her phone.
After going through a few of the most recent articles, she finally figured out what was going on.
The night Elliot proposed to her, Kieran had rified that Bertha was not his fiancée. The next day, the
news made the headlines. Although people were surprised, they didn’t think much of it.
A few dayster, Sterling & Associatesw firm suddenly posted a statement on the Simpo Co. official
website on behalf of Kieran, iming that Creative Nexus Media had not verified the news of Kieran’s
engagement to Bertha. The audio and video files were edited, which had damaged Kieran’s
reputation.
Then, the official ount posted a live broadcast of Kieran’s interview,pletely exposing Creative
Nexus Media’s lies. This caused a great stir, and Julie was probably thest to know.
After understanding the whole story, Julie knocked on Porter’s office door. “Mr. Porter…”
Upon seeing Julie, Porter quickly stood up. “Don’t call me Mr. Porter, it sounds too formal. What can I
do for you?”
“I want to start from the basics…”
“Are you feeling embarrassed aboutst night?” Porter chuckled. “With Grant, you can learn a lot of
useful stuff. Let’s pretendst night didn’t happen. Daphne already told me, you and Kieran don’t have
anything special going on. Since there’s nothing special, you don’t need to worry about it. Also, if we
can win this case, the bonus will definitely include your share.
Bonus. This meant there was money to be made, and money was the driving force for survival, the
lifeline for Julie!
In the end, Juliepromised, but only for the money. The only solution she coulde up with was
to hide behind Grant as much as possible and
avoid Kieran
In the afternoon, Grant drove Julie to Simpo Co.. During her marriage with Kieran, Julie had never
been to this ce. She had seen this magnificent building on TV countless times, but it was only when
she first stepped into this building that she began to marvel at the scale of Simpo Co-
All the front desk staff were dressed in neat uniforms, their demeanor pleasing to the eye.
Julie originally thought that the de Law Firm had scheduled a meeting with Kieran, but she did
not expect that after Grant took her into the lobby, he left a business card at the front desk and then
took her to sit on the couch in the lobby
“We’ll wait here, I asked my cousin. Mr. Hernandez’s driver will drive straight to the entrance before he
gets off work, Mr. Hernandez will definitely pass by here, if we wait here, we’ll definitely have a chance
to meet Mr. Hernandez”
Julie looked at Grant in surprise. “We didn’t make an appointment?”
Do you think anyone can get an appointment with the busy Mr. Hernandez? If everyone could, wouldn’t
Mr. Hernandez be run ragged? Grant nced at Julie and grinned
So, Julie had no choice but to sit on the couch with Grant and wait for Kieran to get off work,
In the CEO’s office on the 23rd floor, Karl knocked on Mr. Hernandez’s office door and walked in to tell
Kieran, “Mr. Kieran, your wife is downstairs.”
Kieran’s hand, which was in the middle of signing documents, suddenly stopped, and he looked up at
Karl. He was certain that Julie would absolutely not take the initiative toe to him.
Karl exined, “Your wife is now an intern at the de Law Firm, she came with the people from
the firm, probably wanting to take over the case between you and Creative Nexus Media”
Kieran was slightly surprised that Julie would intern at de Law Firm.
Karl stood in ce waiting for Kieran’s instructions. After a while, Kieran said, “What are you standing
there for? Are you waiting for me to invite you for
dinner?”
“Not at all…” Karl was at a loss for words, unsure whether his boss wanted his wife toe up or
wanted her to leave.
“If you’re not waiting for a dinner invitation, then have the driver stay in the parking garage and don’t
bother driving to the main entrance” Kieran said.
Hearing this, Karl turned around and instructed the driver to stay in the garage, ording to Kieran’s
wishes.
Maybe it was from the fatigue of the past two days, but Julie, who was initially waiting for Kieran at the
door with Grant, identally fell asleep. When she woke up again, it was already dark.
Only a few people were left in the lobby, Julie nced at her watch and realized that Kieran should
have already gotten off work by now. She frowned and asked Grant, “Attorney Grant, it’s already dark,
should we continue waiting?”
“Mr. Hernandez hasn’te down yet, let’s wait a bit more! He might be working overtime.” Grant was
a very determined person, his perseverance exceeded Julie’s expectations.
“He doesn’t do overtime.” Julie blurted out.
Grant suddenly looked at Julie. “How do you know Mr. Hernandez doesn’t do overtime?”
She knew very well that Kieran was an extremely efficient person, and he would never spend more
than 45 minutes on a task that could bepleted in an hour. Therefore, he never worked overtime,
always finishing work early If it was past his off–work time and he still hadn’t appeared, it meant he had
already left.
But Julie couldn’t just tell Grant these things directly. So, she could only give an awkward smile and
answer, “I’m just guessing.”
Grant gave Julie a nce and didn’t bother her anymore. But he might have thought her words made
sense, so in the end, he let Julie go home and rest.
Julie thought Grant had given up, but who would have known that early the next morning, before dawn,
she received a call from Grant. “Julie, I’m outside your house, hurry up ande out, we’re going to
find someone early today.”
“Find who?” Julie was still groggy from sleep,pletely clueless.
Then, the doorbell rang