Chapter 102: He Had to Admit

Chapter 102: Chapter 102: He Had to Admit

Evelyn Grant quickly covered her phone’s receiver and looked at Assistant Wright, stunned.

’He’s probably been working here longer than I have. How could he not know you can’t say something like that in front of a client?’

’That’s an easy way to get a complaint, isn’t it?’

She sighed and furrowed her brow, clearing her throat before looking down to answer the client.

"I’m sorry, Mr. Ford. Something has come up at the firm today, so I’m afraid we won’t be able to meet in person."

"Something came up?" Surprisingly, Mr. Ford wasn’t angry. He even thought for a moment before saying, "In that case, how about we meet after you get off work? It’ll just be for a few words, I won’t take up too much of your time."

Evelyn Grant glanced at Assistant Wright before speaking. "Alright, I’ll contact you after my meeting is over."

"Okay."

After she hung up, Assistant Wright quickly asked, "What was that? Your client wants to meet with you after work?"

Evelyn Grant nodded. "His case is quite complex. If both sides are willing to discuss a settlement, it could save everyone a lot of trouble."

She’d handled plenty of divorce cases before and had seen couples at each other’s throats, arguing nonstop. But at the end of the day, they had once shared a life together.

There was no need for a fight to the bitter end.

This was also why Evelyn Grant wasn’t holding a grudge against Julian Sterling for wrongly accusing her.

’There was no point.’

’They would be going their separate ways anyway.’

"You absolutely can’t go!" Assistant Wright’s reaction was intense. He even shot up from his chair to persuade her. "You’re a female lawyer meeting a male client in private. That’s already a bad look! And if something were to happen, it would be after hours. How could the firm help you? No one would be responsible for what happens to you!"

Evelyn Grant considered it.

’What Assistant Wright said was true.’

"We’ll see after the meeting," she said with a small smile. "Thanks for the warning."

"Don’t mention it."

Assistant Wright returned her smile, then immediately looked down at his phone and told Mr. Shaw what had just happened.

...

「Meanwhile, with Mr. Ford.」

After he hung up, he quickly looked up at the man beside him.

The man didn’t even have to say a word. The sheer sight of his pursed lips and darkened expression was intimidating enough.

"Well... I can’t say for sure that Ms. Grant will agree to meet with me."

"Then keep pressuring her. Do I have to spell it out for you? If you want your money, you’ll get her to meet you."

Mr. Ford nodded quickly. "Yes, yes! I’ll figure something out!"

"I want it done soon."

Julian Sterling’s handsome face was incredibly dark.

He couldn’t even get a meeting with Evelyn Grant now.

She wouldn’t answer his calls or reply to his texts, and he couldn’t go running to his former mother-in-law’s place to find her. That would definitely arouse suspicion.

Julian Sterling wasn’t a fool. He knew Ryan Sterling was deliberately keeping him from contacting Evelyn Grant.

But the more they did this, the more certain he became.

This proved Ryan Sterling was truly afraid of that screenshot.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be guarding her so closely.

Julian Sterling got up, left, and returned to his car.

Instead of starting the car right away, he lit a cigarette.

After taking a drag, he watched the gray-white smoke curl from his lips, disperse, and gradually vanish...

On some strange impulse, he reached out and tried to grasp it.

But when he opened his palm, there was nothing there.

Nothing at all...

Julian Sterling’s brow furrowed. A suffocating feeling began to creep over him once more.

He had to admit it. He was truly afraid.