Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 31 A Failed Negotiation

The man in front of me stared at me with dissatisfaction and hatred.

“That’s enough! I don’t want to waste so much time on you. Hurry up and give me an answer.”

“Liliana, you—” As soon as Julius spoke, someone called his name.

A man dressed in a white suit with a name badge and black trousers came up to us.

“I wonder why you left the office just now. Anyway, I understand now that you’re on a date. Hello, Mrs. Keaton.”

The man looked familiar, for we met during the wedding. If I wasn’t mistaken, he was Julius’ colleague, and they were close to each other.

Julius looked displeased when his colleague addressed me as Mrs. Keaton. Right then, I realized he hadn’t told others that we were getting a divorce.

Nonetheless, it wasn’t a surprise to me. Since our marriage was short-lived, Julius would understandably want to save himself from embarrassment.

After forcing a smile at Julius, I turned to Julius’ colleague and said, “I remember you. Aren’t you Brayden?”

“Mrs. Keaton’s memory is impressive. I am Brayden.” He was delighted because I still remembered him.

I smiled and continued, “Brayden, please don’t call me Mrs. Keaton from now on. Julius and I…”

“Darling!” The next moment, Julius yelled aloud on purpose and put his arm on my shoulder.

Brayden and I were both startled upon that.

“Brayden, she was saying that you don’t have to be that polite. By the way, why are you here?” Julius interrupted and deliberately changed the subject of conversation.

I pulled his arm away and took a step to the side.

at least three times to get rid of whatever germs transferred from Julius’

two looked at me,

probably sensed that something was

work. You two carry on, then.” With that,

as though he was preparing

to grab my bag, straightened my clothes, and gazed at the entrance. “It appears that we can’t make a deal today. Since you’re probably busy, I can

luck!” Julius

him scornfully. “Am I, though? You cheated on me first and threatened me afterward. Now that I’m willing to return the betrothal gift to you,

trying to reason with someone

wait for the subpoena issued by the court.” With that, I took out some notes from my bag and put them on the table. “Here’s

ferocious gaze and walked toward the entrance right

café. At this point, I had

my contact list, but I soon realized that my friends probably didn’t know any

his favor to avoid being ridiculed by him again. Besides, given that he had helped me a lot, I didn’t want to

visit the commercial district on my own. Since there were a lot of

at the commercial district, I went straight to the well-known

I entered the lobby on the ground floor, I saw

and asked, “Hi, may I know if there are law firms upstairs?

turned around and realized that it was James, the

you here for business matters?” I greeted him smilingly because he

wealthy and even possessed an entire office building that his company built

Dominic, who always pulled

I know this place quite well if I dare

Mr. Dalton, you must be very busy. I

favor, there’s no need to. I can get all the favor

decisions even more—I should not

from Dominic just because he helped me, Dominic would most definitely get something from me in