Chapter 404

Two weeks had passed since the last time Tessa saw Stephen. It was only when Marissa stopped by the law firm to discuss her case did she find out what he was up to.

Marissa told her that Stephen was out of the country to handle some business at the company's overseas branches.

Tessa had been up to her elbows in work in the last two weeks, so she didn't have the time or mental capacity to think about anything else. She had already filed the two Jacobson Corporation cases, and they were scheduled to be heard in court next month.

Meanwhile, Matthew and Yanis' divorce case was scheduled to take place next Thursday.

After they were done with work for the day, Tessa, Wynn, Jasmine, and Molly dropped by a steakhouse near the firm to have dinner together. After their meals were served, they chatted with each other while enjoying the delicious food.

The apartment Jasmine was currently renting was near Shelton Law Firm. Since the lease was almost up, she had been busy looking for a new place to stay. Coincidentally, Molly was also looking for a bigger apartment to live in.

She said, "Why don't we rent a place together? I've been wanting to move to a bigger place recently. We can rent a two-bedroom apartment if we move in together."

Jasmine pursed her lips together and mumbled incoherently to herself.

"What's wrong?" Molly asked, shooting a curious glance at Jasmine. "You don't want to rent a place with me?"

Jasmine took a sip of her drink before she answered, looking rather

"It's not like that, Molly. It's not that I don't want to rent a place

looked at her, amused. "Cat's got your

finally said, "My boyfriend and I are planning to live

going slack. The piece of steak that she was about to put into

all over Tessa's face as she looked at Jasmine. "You got together

was as red as a beet as

have the two of

her lips before answering, "It's going to be

in with him when you've

that Lucas is a good man and has a great character, but the two of you

"I've lived through something similar, so

on Molly's face when

at a university in Haverford when I got my feelings played by a bastard. We lived

beginning, we both agreed to split the rent, utilities, and living expenses. He would transfer 2,000 dollars into my account every month, and

talked about her unhappy experience with her ex-boyfriend, the more

table and exclaimed, "After we broke up, the damned jerk asked me to return his money to him! His

share the costs of our living expenses. I dated that bastard for two

that, but I also bought a lot of skins

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