sovbooks Chapter 713 - 684: Love in a Parallel Universe [006]
Chapter 713 - 684: Love in a Parallel Universe [006]
"Remember, please go ahead." The man’s tone was very calm. Although there was no smile on his face, he didn’t make people feel any slight disrespect or aversion.Sienna straightened her back, her lips curved with sincerity, and when she wasn’t angry, her voice was soft: "I came today to thank you for helping resolve Mr. Wang’s overdue wages and for helping pay for his son’s surgery."
After speaking, she stood up and bowed deeply to him.
The man’s gaze followed her as she stood: "It was just a small effort, don’t mention it."
Sienna smiled and sat back down.
Neither of them said anything further, and the atmosphere became slightly awkward.
She pondered over what to say to him. She had already prepared her words on the way here, but why did she forget them now?
Recently, she had been dreaming a lot at night, her sleep quality wasn’t good, her memory was very poor...
She thought about it for a long time before remembering there was something more important today, to apologize to him and arrange a meeting for Mr. Wang.
"Mr. Forrester, I also need to apologize to you. That day at the construction company’s office, I mistook you for someone else and said nonsense, and I stained your shirt and wasted your time... I’m truly sorry."
After speaking, she stood up and bowed to Simon Forrester, "How much did your shirt cost, I’ll compensate you."
There was no response, and the atmosphere was quiet.
She raised her eyes and carefully observed Simon Forrester’s expression.
He smirked slightly, with an unclear meaning.
What does that mean?
Sienna frowned, thinking he hadn’t heard clearly, she was about to ask again when he asked: "Do you lawyers always work so hard?"
She was stunned for a moment, not understanding his meaning, she explained based on her own understanding: "At the time, the situation was urgent, Mr. Wang was being driven to the point of jumping off a building, we couldn’t wait for legal proceedings, it had to be done that way."
Simon Forrester smiled, not saying anything, he nodded at the chair behind her, indicating she should sit down.
After she sat down, she suddenly didn’t know what to say anymore. It seemed nervousness was causing her brain to intermittently short-circuit.
After thinking for a while, she remembered, right! She still had to apply for Mr. Wang to meet him!
"Mr. Forrester, it’s like this, Mr. Wang wants to personally thank you, I wonder when you would be available?"
"No need." This time he answered quickly.
The response was as she expected.
He must be very busy, the conference table still had blueprints on it, he probably made time to see her because of Partner Reed, so she didn’t want to bother him further.
She stood up and bowed to Simon Forrester again, "Then Mr. Forrester, I’ll be leaving, on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Wang, thank you!"
"Take care."
"Thank you." She gave her final thanks.
She turned and had just taken two steps.
"Lawyer Thorne."
She turned, "Hmm?"
Simon Forrester looked into her eyes: "Since your work requires going out, don’t wear a white shirt in this kind of weather."
Sienna: ???
She didn’t understand his meaning.
He didn’t elaborate, just nodded towards the door behind her: "Take care, I won’t see you out."
"...Then goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Leaving SY, Sienna hailed a cab back to the law firm.
On the way, she kept pondering what Simon Forrester meant by that earlier statement.
What does "it’s best not to wear white shirts in this kind of weather" mean? Do clothes have to be color-coordinated with the weather?
She sent a WeChat message to her best friend Maeve: "Why can’t you wear a white shirt in this weather?"
Maeve instantly replied with a question mark, then after a while, sent another message: "Isn’t it because of sweating, the white shirt might become see-through?"
Sienna’s mind went blank.
So, when I was blocking Simon Forrester’s car in the parking lot that day, I was sweating all over, and my shirt had already turned see-through?
Heavens!
Why must it be so embarrassing!
...
As time passed, with the pressure of work and the harassment of leadership, Sienna completely forgot about that embarrassing incident.
She wasn’t the kind of character to get easily entangled in things, waking up after a sleep, everything would be fine. But she remembered Simon Forrester’s advice firmly from then on, she never wore a white shirt in summer again!
Autumn arrived quickly.
She had been at Vantage for three months, apart from handling legal aid cases, she hadn’t been able to handle any independent cases, let alone attend court.
As a comprehensive firm ranked in the top three in the industry, Vantage had good cases and clients, but the leaders only gave her tasks to send legal notices or assist lawyers with higher ranks in the department to handle some paperwork.
It wasn’t that she thought too highly of herself, she just felt like she was wasting her time now, which made her, someone who had always valued efficiency, very anxious.
She began to regret not staying in Los Angeles. Back then, she could have chosen any firm that had offered her a position, and they would have been better than doing odd jobs now.
Yet another day of wanting to quit!
Sienna slumped dejectedly against the chair back.
"Knock knock knock!" Came a hurried knock on the door.
From the urgent rhythm, she could immediately tell it was Lawyer Chandler.
Sienna sat up straight like a bird startled, pulling her shirt and lightly coughing, she prepared herself.
Three months at Vantage, she hadn’t learned much else, but she had learned to recognize her leader’s knock on the door.
Before she could call out "Come in", the door was opened with a whoosh.
Lawyer Chandler stood at the door, holding the handle, looking impatient: "Come to the station with me tonight."
"Hmm?" Sienna thought she misheard, "Station?"
"The Stellaron case is going to be handled by you, go meet their person in charge tonight to understand the situation."
Upon hearing that there was a case assigned to her, Sienna felt as though she was instantly injected with a surge of energy, the passive negativity in her mind was gone.
She stood up, thrilled: "Where will we discuss the case tonight?"
"The Imperial Hotel, I’ll come for you after work, make sure you’re prepared." Lawyer Chandler dropped this sentence and slammed the door shut as he left.
She pumped her fists in excitement: "Great! Finally a case!"
While printing out the Stellaron case documents, she called Quentin Thorne: "Dad, I have to discuss a case tonight, so I’ll be home late."
On the other end of the line, Quentin Thorne immediately asked: "What kind of case needs a nighttime discussion? Where will the discussion be?"
"The Stellaron case, illegal occupancy." Sienna held the phone with her shoulder, "The boss said this case will be handled independently by me, tonight I have to go to The Imperial Hotel to discuss the case details with the person in charge."
"When you get to the hotel, send Dad the suite number," Quentin Thorne instructed his daughter, "I’ll come for you after dinner."
"Oh come on, Dad, which working person still gets picked up by their parents for working late, it’s not like I’m a high school student doing night study. I’ll just get a cab home after I’m done."
Quentin insisted: "Annie! Listen to me!"
He knew that such occasions always involved socializing, whether it was truly for discussing the case or just wanting the child to accompany someone, no one knew.
Not wanting his own doubts to interfere with his child’s work, after all, it was her first time handling her own case, wanting to make it shine. He could only wait for her at the hotel, ready to take her home after she finished talking.