Chapter 304

Tessa nodded and said, "Please come in."

She waited for Lester to enter her office before asking, "Are you here to discuss the Helio case with me? I was about to look for you, actually. The case is a challenging one, so I wanted to get your opinion on it."

Helio was a biotechnology company, and the president was Samuel's late friend. Tessa had only opened her law firm for business recently, but Helio had already entrusted several cases to her. Amongst the cases was one that was rather complicated. There wasn't enough evidence, so they would be taking a huge risk if they escalated the case to court.

However, Lester shook his head. "I'm not here for the Helio case."

She lifted her gaze and looked at him in confusion. "Why are you here, then?"

"You've been looking troubled lately."

Tessa was stunned for a moment before she asked, "You can tell?"

"Yeah," he answered with a smile. "You're always distracted recently. You're practically carrying a sign over your head that says 'I'm troubled'."

"Is it really that obvious?" she asked while pressing her lips together.

"It's that obvious," he replied.

lowered her eyes before she said in a melancholic voice, "Something happened at

His tone was dripping with concern when he asked, "Can

question for a moment before she decided to

my younger sister. Her mental state is unstable, so I'm really

country," Lester said. "Perhaps

her. We'll see if her treatment shows any results, and I'll contact you if it doesn't

he said,

as he joked with Tessa, "After all, I'm one of your partners, so I'm

of this firm. If your poor

a loss if you lose a case. We won't be able to collect the rest of the fee from the client if

with her. She fixed a smile on her face and countered, "Don't worry, Mr. Cooper. I'll never allow you to suffer any losses. I

winning verdict. The court has ruled in favor of all our claims, and

smiling when he said, "Very impressive, Ms.

in better spirits, so she decided to tease him in return. "Rest easy, you won't have to worry about a thing if you work

His tone

it was time for the work

The staff of the law firm left one after the other. Tessa stayed behind to finish organizing her documents

office and switched

the building. She then started making her

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