Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 31 A Failed Negotiation

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

Unperturbed, I stared him back indignantly.

“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.

away and took

made a mental note to shower at least three times

the two looked at me, they each exhibited

probably sensed that something was off between

better head out to work. You two carry

left, Julius glared at me as though he was

“It appears that we can’t make a deal today. Since

push your luck!”

from him and glowered at 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, why aren’t you

There’s no use trying to reason

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

gaze and walked toward the entrance right

exited the café. At this point, I had no choice but to

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

for his favor to avoid being ridiculed by him again. Besides, given that he had helped me a

there were a lot of office buildings there, I thought I could

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

on the ground floor, I saw some receptionists and a

them and asked, “Hi, may I know if there are law firms upstairs? I wish to look for a

I turned around and realized that it was James, the president of Galaxy

what a coincidence. Are you here for business matters?” I greeted him smilingly because he was the reason I could settle

was wealthy and even possessed an entire office building that

Dominic, who always pulled

this place quite well if I dare say so myself.” James probably could

“It’s fine. Mr. Dalton, you must be very busy. I can just ask

me a favor, 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

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