Chapter 40
Autumn frowned, pondering what nonsense the kid was spouting this time.
Jason was shamelessly grinning, and quipped) “Full service tonight. Let’s settle it all in one go.”
Estrella chuckled dismissively, “Sure, if you think you can handle it.”
Their shameless banter left Kristin and Autumn exchanging embarrassed glances, feeling awkward beyond words. Estrella and Jason had turned their cheeks crimson with their talk, yet those two acted as if it was nothing at all.
Autumn gave Estrella another poke in the waist. “Estrella, did I raise you to talk like this?”
Estrella furrowed her brows, turning to Autumn. “Mom, if you keep poking my sides, I’ll never be able to have kids.”
“God forbid!” Autumn spat out the words thrice, dismissing the jinx.
Kristín, caught between amusement and dismay, quickly tried to smooth things over, “Look, since the kids have agreed to make a go of it, let’s leave them to it and head back.”
Autumn nodded in agreement with Kristin, and the two women made their exit.
Once they had gone, Estrella gathered herself and headed straight for the Dorvold Group headquarters.
In the chairman’s office, Cole was on the phone. Estrella pulled up a chair and took a seat across from him. After Cole hung up, he looked up at her. “Aren’t you working today? Don’t you have the law firm to attend to?”
Estrella, with her legs crossed, probed, “Mom mentioned you were troubled by some company issue involving the Lamont family.”
Cole sighed, “You don’t need to worry about the company. You and Jason just focus on building a good life and having a baby.”
well and the baby will come, but the
determined stance, Cole exhaled slowly, “Digital Springs is our most critical project for the latter half of the year. We had a solid grasp on it, but somehow, the Lamont family got a hold of our project proposal and undercut us by almost ten
Estrella scoffed. “The Lamont family
“They’re just trying to best us, to win
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It’s a government contract, and the quoted price is not high. If we go any lower, we’d be shooting ourselves
we lose the project, Dorvold Group could be relegated
him out, Estrella said, “Send me the project proposal and
interned at the company. She was
have the time and energy for this? Can you manage with your own workload?”
heading for the door. “Just remember to
replied, rising to see
Estrella didn’t return to the law firm but headed to the Urban Planning Bureau. She wanted to get a firsthand look at
the city’s future developments. I
was because of these cases that she met influential people. After all, ordinary people rarely went through legal procedures when they divorce.
I might
“Come on, let’s chat in my office. I’ll show you
she hummed to herself, ready to leave the planning office, someone called her name. She looked
Here on business too?”
replied with a smile, “Give up on divorce cases to help out at
family, I’m about to switch
“You’ve got guts, challenging
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