Chapter 70


    Chapter 70


    Karl mistakenly thought Kieran was off to pick a fight with Mrs Hernandez, so he tailed after him. He


    feared Mr. Hernandez would lose his cool and scare Mrs. Hernandez away. But to his surprise, Kieran


    just went out to have lunch, then headed to a bakery and ordered a small orange–voured cake.


    Next, he delivered the cake to Julie in the name of Daphne.


    After they left the bakery, Karl was ready to drive Kieran back to the office, but Kieran asked him to get


    out of the car, “Go back to the office and let Julie clear out storage room number four to use as her


    office”


    “What?” Karl was stuck at the car door. Was he asking Mrs. Hernandez to clean the storage room


    herself? Wasn’t he still pampering her yesterday? What’s with the sudden change of attitude today?


    Karl looked at Kieran, puzzled But Kieran’s car was already gone.


    He had no choice but to return to the office and, per Mr. Hernandez’s instructions, told Julie to clean


    storage room number four.


    Julie didn’t object. She was more ustomed to this than Kieran’s sudden intimacy.


    Lunchtime was approaching. Julie had already arranged to have lunch with Porter, so she had to put


    aside cleaning the storage room temporarily


    She arrived at the restaurant where she’d arranged to meet Porter. As soon as Porter ordered, Julie


    said, “Mr. Porter, does our contract with Mr. Hernandez mention a penalty for breach of contract?”


    Porter, who had just picked up his fork, paused, “Why do you ask?”


    “How much would we have to pay Kieran if we switchedwyers? Julie asked directly.


    Porter was so startled he dropped his fork, “What’s the matter with you? It’s clearly written in the


    contract that if you quit on your own, you have to pay. the full penalty, which is three times the


    remuneration!”


    “What?”


    Porter, emotionally charged, sat next to Julie. This case is simple, just amon news infringement


    case. With Mr. Hernandez’s status, winning thiswsuit is a piece of cake. You really don’t need to


    chicken out. Do you think the bonus I gave you is not enough?”


    “It’s not about that.” Julie decided to be honest with Porter, “I thought I could stay by his side without


    any reservations, but now I realize I was wrong.”


    I’ve always wanted to ask you something “Porter looked at Julie hesitantly.


    Julie gave Porter a sideways nce, “Go ahead.”


    *Mr. Hernandez publicly admitted at the Ray Group dinner that he had an ex–wife. If I remember


    correctly, you disappeared after graduating from college. I’m wondering, Mr. Hernandez’s ex–wife is?”


    “I know her.” Julie had already predicted what he was going to ask. He would surely keep asking if she


    didn’t answer him; if she admitted it, she wasn’t sure if she could trust Porter.


    So, she chose an ambiguous answer. That should shut Porter up.


    Lunch was not enjoyable, so she returned to Simpo Co. before the end of the lunch break.


    Back at the office, Julie continued to tidy up the storeroom.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    As she passed the CEO’s office, she overheard Tina quietly asking Karl, “Karl, what’s the rtionship


    between Mr. Hernandez and Attorney Abraham? Please tell me so I don’t identally offend Attorney


    Abraham.”


    Hearing this, Julie paused. She was curious how Karl would answer.


    However, after waiting for two seconds, she heard Karl’s answer with a hint of amusement, “They’re


    alumni”


    “But I think they’re more than just alumni. I’ve seen them interact in strange ways twice already. I feel


    like their rtionship isn’t that simple.”


    “What do you think their rtionship is?” Karl asked back.


    Tina carefully replied, “Lovers?”


    Then she denied her own answer, “I heard from colleagues in the office that Attorney Abraham is Mr.


    Dn’s wife.”


    “Mr. Dn is single.” Karl looked at Tina displeased, “As the chief secretary assistant, you shouldn’t


    spread such rumors.”


    Hearing Karls serious tone, Tina immediately shut her mouth and didn’t say anything else.


    After Karl and Tina finished their conversation, Julie headed towards the storage room.


    Kieran didn’te to the office for the rest of the afternoon.


    After tidying up the storeroom, Julie started gathering evidence for thewsuit. Creative Nexus Media


    immediately retracted all previous online reports after receiving a statement from Kieran posted under


    his name on Simpo Co’s official Twitter ount.


    However, upon hearing that Kieran was suing Creative Nexus Media, manyizens actively posted


    screenshots of the news previously published by Creative Nexus Media in thement section of


    Simpo Co’s tweet, so gathering evidence wasn’t difficult.


    The lighting in the storage room was poor, and even during the day, she had to turn on the lights.


    Karl gave Julie aptop. She spent the entire afternoon surfing the inte in the storage room. She


    didn’t keep track of time.


    It wasn’t until her phone suddenly vibrated that she pulled it out and checked the time. She realized it


    was already more than two hours past closing


    time


    The phone vibrated because she received a new message on WhatsApp. Julie only had a few contacts


    on WhatsApp: Daphne, Dr. Brice, Nac, and Ivan Hernandez, who she added not long ago.


    But now, she saw a new friend request.


    The other party’s verification message was simple and clear, “Im Ivan’s father”


    His ID was also simple. J Kennedy.


    After a moment of hesitation, Julie thought of Ivan’s cute face and hit the ‘add‘ button.


    He sent a message no sooner than she had epted his friend request, he sent a message “Ms


    Abraham, chatting with youst time was enlightening. Mind if we do it again?”


    Julie read the message and was instantly reminded of the $50 gift card he had given her.


    She couldn’t help but smile, “Not many people seek me out for advice. I forgot to ask your namest


    time. What is it?”


    After a moment. Kieran replied, “Tim K.”


    Apparently, he didn’t want to reveal his full name. No biggie, Julie wasn’t that curious. She replied with


    a grin, “No wonder your ID is J Kennedy. Does it mean something special?”


    Special meaning?


    In the office, Kieran lounged in his office chair, legs crossed and casually thrown on the desk, a smirk


    on his face. One day, she would find out the special meaning of his ID


    But at the moment, he had no intention of exining it to her.


    “Ms Abraham, are you avable now?” Kieran didn’t answer her question.


    Julie replied, “I’m at the office. I was so busy I missed quitting time, so I decided to stick around a bit


    longer.”


    Office?


    Kieran uncrossed his legs, looked toward Storage Room No.4, and booted up hisputer.


    After entering his password, Kieran essed the surveince footage of Storage Room No.4.


    There was Julie in a sea of file racks, a small white desk in front of her with a silverptop. She was


    bent over the desk in a white shirt, phone in hard.


    Her hair had fallen onto her forehead from a long day of work. She must have thought she was alone,


    so she had removed her ck heels, stretching out her long legs d in ck pants from under the


    table, revealing her bare feet.


    Kieran began to type on his phone


    In the surveince footage, Julie immediately looked up at her phone when she got the message.


    “You said before that to chase a girl, you should bug her. That didn’t work.”


    Julie slightly furrowed her brow and replied, “Gifts, flirting, hugging, even forceful kisses? Have you


    tried all that?”


    Forceful kisses? He’d like that.


    But he had been rejected before he even started.


    “I haven’t tried yet.” Kieran replied. “She might not love me anymore. Hence she wants to escape.”


    Saying this, Kieran sent a sad emoji.


    Then he looked up at the woman in the surveince footage. She was holding her phone, suddenly


    smiling, looking quite happy.


    Afterughing for a bit, Julie told him, “Maybe your pursuit was too intense. It scared her, Girls need


    personal space, too. When faced with adversity. most girls initially react is to run away”


    “So, Ms. Abraham, any advice?” Kieran sent this message.


    Then he looked at the woman on the screen and smiled deeply.


    Julie put down her phone and propped her face up with her hands, thinking carefully, then replied, “You


    should slowly make her aware of your presence. You can spend more time with her suitably, but don’t


    overdo it. If your ex–wife is the type that needs time to warm up to people, then intense pursuit will only


    scare her.”


    After typing, she rechecked it before hitting send.


    If Julie knew that the person on the other end was Kieran and all her advice would eventually be used


    against her, she’d rather die than answer Kieran’s


    question


    “You make a lot of sense.” After Kieran said this, he sent Julie another gift card.


    He didn’t wait for Julie to reply. He just shut down hisputer immediately, grabbed his car keys, and


    headed for the storage room.