"You don't like them?"
Joanna's hand froze in mid–air. She looked slightly embarrassed. "Zack said purple carnations are your favorite. Looks like that guy doesn't know you at all. I'll punish him when I get back!"
"Then what flower do you like? I'll get a new bouquet for you immediately…"
Lisa pushed her sunglasses up, lifted her chin, and said in a condescending tone. "No, he's right, I used to like purple carnations, but when I saw you holding them, I started to hate them."
"…"
It was like a slap to Joanna's face.
Joanna felt so embarrassed that her curling toes could make holes in the ground.
If it was anyone else being so rude, Joanna would have long retaliated.
But the person was the elite beauty of the legal industry, Lisa. Joanna only felt that she was so cool, so arrogant, so dashing! She loved it!
"It's okay, you can hate me, but the flowers are innocent, so please don't hate the flowers. These beautiful carnations will cry if you hate them…"
Joanna shamelessly continued to hand the large bouquet of carnations to Lisa.
The pair of beautiful eyes hidden under the sunglasses currently had a complicated emotion in them.
After a long time, she disdainfully pursed her lips. "I can't believe Ace's ex–wife has such thick skin. Do you not understand
rejection? Can you not see when someone hates you?"
"Let me make things clear. I don't like flowers, and I sure as hell don't like you. Your behavior can already be considered
harassment. I'll pursue legal action if necessary."
After saying that, Lisa walked past Joanna with her chin up like a proud peacock.
Seeing the woman walk away, Joanna was not mad at all. She merely shrugged helplessly. The look on her face could only be described as… "loving"
"What about Jane?"
Joanna suddenly raised her voice and asked.
Lisa's tall figure paused for a while before turning back to Joanna. "What did you say?"
"Do you hate Jane too?"
Joanna asked again.
Lisa took off her sunglasses and glared at Joanna with hostile eyes. She asked coldly, "You investigated me?"
"Of course."
Joanna admitted honestly. "You're my lawyer. Of course I investigated you."
"I'm not your lawyer. I came back to cancel my contract. From now on, I no longer have any relationship with the Morans and Co. Law Firm, and I definitely won't be working for you."
Lisa's attitude was firm.
She only joined the Morans and Co. Law Firm because of Ace Moran in the first place. Otherwise, there was no way a person of her talents would work in a place like that.
Now that the firm had changed hands, she naturally would not stay.
Although she had to pay a huge contract termination fee, the amount was a piece of cake for her.
Joanna nodded calmly. "We all have our ambitions, so I respect your choice. But before you terminate your contract, I, as your current boss, would still like to do something for you…"
As she said that, she took out her phone, played a video and handed the phone to Lisa.
"What's this…?"
Upon seeing the video's content. Lisa's cold eyes actually softened..
Joanna said, slowly, "This video was taken on your daughter's sixth birthday. It should have been a long time since you last saw her. I heard she's very talented. She's good at all sorts of things, the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting… She's also inherited your talent as a lawyer. She's read various law books at a young age and is something of a little legal specialist at her school. She…"
"Stop!"
Lisa looked away, her eyes regaining their former indifference. She looked forward expressionlessly. "I gave her up for adoption, so she has nothing to do with me anymore. How talented she is doesn't concern me."
"But you're surprisingly resourceful. To think that you managed to find out about my personal secret… You can expect a legal letter from me soon!"
Joanna ignored Lisa's fierce threat.
She was also about to become a mother herself, so she knew better than anyone that there was no mother in the world who did not love her child.
The more indifferent and heartless Lisa Lisa appeared to be, the more it showed that the child had a soft spot in her heart…
Joanna's lips curled into a smile absentmindedly. She could definitely win over Lisa!
She slowly walked closer to Lisa and asked, "Miss Lisa, aren't you curious what Jane's birthday wish was?"
Lisa's expression changed slightly, but it was quickly replaced by cold indifference.
"The birthday wish of a person who has nothing to do with me naturally has nothing to do with me too. Don't think you can get. me to work for you by using these petty tricks."
"No, no, no."
Joanna said with a meaningful smile, "I just have a better understanding of how a mother thinks, that's all…"
"It's fine if you're not curious about Jane right now. Feel free to ask me anytime you're curious."
Joanna raised an eyebrow and said, "Jane and I are practically besties. We get along really well!"
"Besties?"
Envy flashed across Lisa's eyes for a split second.
But it was soon gone, like she had woken up from a dream. She said disdainfully. "How childish!"
Joanna was not angry. On the contrary, she could understand Lisa's feelings.
Because she had used some special means to find out private information about Lisa that no one knew.
Six years ago, Lisa was just a small time lawyer. No one was willing to entrust her with a case. She was often too poor to even pay for food.
But at such a difficult time, she suddenly got pregnant. No one knew who the father was.
Lisa quietly gave birth to the baby and took on the role of both the father and the mother. She did her best to raise her daughter until the age of one, but in the end, she stoleed r heart and gave the child to a family of intellectuals to raise. After that, she vanished…
When she reappeared years later, she was already a famous lawyer. She worked in the Morans and Co. Law Firm and her main job was to handle commercial lawsuits for the Moran Group, and she was incredibly good at it!
There were rumors that Ace and her had an unusual relationship. Some even said Ace established the Morans and Co. Law Firm just for Lisa.
If that was true, it could be said that Lisa rose to prominence thanks to Ace's backing.
If Lisa wanted to further her relationship with Ace, she naturally could not expose the fact that she had a child, so she ruthlessly pretended that the child had never existed…
Of course, all of this was just Joanna's speculation.
She hoped the outstanding Lisa was not someone who would be blinded by love like that.
Even if she was, she should switch target because Ace Moran was not worth it!
The next day.
BC University's specialist residential area.
The sophora trees here bloomed more densely every year. Whenever a breeze blew past, the white sophora flowers would fall like snow, filling the air with a fresh aroma.
This area was made popular by Tik Tok and had become a hotspot for taking pictures. Lots of people would come here to take pictures every day, many of them not even from the University.
Today, Joanna wore a yellow dress and tied her shoulder–length hair back with a black–and–white checkered hairband. When she walked across the Sophora Road, her dress and her hair fluttered, adding to the beautiful scenery.
Many college students there marveled at her beauty and secretly took photos of her…
Joanna walked up to a house and gently knocked on the door.
The door soon opened. The owner warmly welcomed her into the house.
"You came so early today, Joanna. Anthony is out doing grocery because you're coming! He's not back yet!"
The person who spoke was a middle–aged woman who looked very kind and elegant.
She was Sophia, the wife of Joanna's former doctoral supervisor, Anthony.
Joanna said, "Aww, he shouldn't have. I come here for free meals all the time, so you guys should just feed me leftovers. There's no need to buy extra food just because I'm coming."
"No way. Anthony talks about you a lot, saying that of all the students he's taught, you're the one with the most talent in
physics. Of course he has to give you special treatment."
"Besides, Jane is growing, so she needs to eat more anyway."
Sophia's face lit up at the mention of Jane. She continued to ramble on. "Jane is really fond of you. When she heard that you're coming, she got up early today and said she wanted to go do grocery with Anthony so that she could buy your favorite food for
you!"
"Mm–hmm, I like Jane too. That kid is clever!"
That's right. It's a small world.
The intellectual couple that adopted Jane from Lisa years ago was none other than Joanna's college mentor Anthony. Wood and his wife Sophia.
After the divorce, Joanna gradually resumed contact with her mentor and ended up growing close to Jane too. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were besties.
"Oh, Anthony also said we'll have another special guest today, so he asked me to make more food."
Sophia added.
"A special guest?"
Joanna could not help being curious. "Who could it be?"
As she said that, Anthony led a bouncing Jane and the special guest into the house…