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.

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

me, they

later, Julius let out an awkward smile. Brayden probably sensed that something was off between us and

to buy a drink. Anyway, I’d better head out to work. You two carry

left, Julius glared at me as though he was preparing to murder

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 said

and threatened me afterward. Now that I’m willing to return the betrothal gift to you, why aren’t you satisfied? Julius,

it. There’s no use trying to reason with

took out some notes from my bag and put them on the table. “Here’s the

ignored Julius’ ferocious gaze and walked toward the entrance

At this point, I had no

I scrolled through my contact list, but I soon realized that my friends probably didn’t

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

decided to visit the commercial district on my own. Since there were a lot of office buildings

at the commercial district, I went straight to

ground floor, I saw

if there are law firms

once I finished asking. I turned

matters?” I greeted him smilingly because he was the reason I could settle the scores

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

friendly, unlike Dominic, who always pulled a

well if

fine. Mr. Dalton, you must be

there’s no need to. I can get all the favor I need from Dominic anyway. Just feel free to tell me where you would like to

he said made me confirm my decisions even more—I should not seek help from him at all, if

for a reward from Dominic just because he helped me, Dominic would most definitely