Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 54

As soon as Porter walked into the office, he saw Julie sitting right at the entrance. He glanced at the circle of employees engaged in conversation, clapped his hands, and said, “Alright guys, chill out for a sec, I want to introduce y’all to our new colleague, Julie. She’s a top–notch student from Pinnacle University, graduated as the cream of the crop.”

The employees finally noticed Julie and started applauding.

Julie gave a slight smile. “Hi everyone, I’m Julie. Thanks for having me.”

“Mr. Porter, you bring such a pretty new face to our firm. Aren’t you afraid your folks at home will have a problem with that?” Grant joked, which made Julie feel comfortable with the company’s atmosphere.

Porter shot Grant a look and said, Julie’s a brainiac. She wouldn’t give me the time of day. We’re all free birds at my place.”

After saying that, Porter turned to Grant and said, “I’m leaving Julie in your hands. Since she graduated, she hasn’t worked in the field, so she’s still new to this. Make sure you show her the ropes.”

Turning back to Julie, Porter said, “Grant is one of our top dogs here at the firm. Stick by his side, you’ll learn a ton. If there’s anything you don’t get, just

holler.”

Grant walked over to Julie and joked, “I’m not really the best at our firm. Porter’s just pulling your leg. He’s the real deal.”

“Quit fooling around” Porter called out to everyone. “I want everyone in the conference room in five minutes.”

Grant handed Julie a notebook and a pen, then led her into the office, following behind Porter. Porter was already sitting in the boss‘ chair, not paying too much attention to Julie, to avoid any unnecessary chit–chat.

He switched on his computer and asked everyone, “Did y’all catch the headlines today?”

Everyone promptly nodded and started sharing their opinions, “Creative Nexus Media is pretty much done for. I always thought Bertha was really Mr. Hernandez’s fiancée, and they were about to tie the knot. Who would’ve thought it was all smoke and mirrors by Creative Nexus Media”

Listening to the first comment, Julie was a bit lost.

Grant, sitting next to her, also chimed in, “Mr. Hernandez is personally suing Creative Nexus Media for spreading false rumors and tarnishing his reputation. This is definitely going to court.”

big shots when it comes to business disputes. We, on the other hand, are pros at personal

saying… we should try to bag

Simpo Co.’s PR department before, so you’ll be leading the charge on this. If Mr. Hernandez has other plans, I won’t hold you responsible. But if

her “Grant, take Julie with you. Let her get a taste of the job, learn

just happened. All she knew was she had to go all out to

have the upper

started checking the news about Kieran on her phone. After going through a few of the most recent articles, she finally figured

proposed to her, Kieran had clarified that Bertha was not his fiancée. The next day, the news made the headlines. Although people

Co. official website on behalf of Kieran, claiming that Creative Nexus Media had not verified the news of Kieran’s engagement to Bertha. The audio and video files were edited, which had

reputation.

account posted a live broadcast of Kieran’s interview, completely exposing Creative Nexus Media’s lies. This caused a great stir, and Julie was probably the

Julie knocked on Porter’s office door.

seeing Julie, Porter quickly stood up. “Don’t call me Mr. Porter, it sounds too formal. What can I

to start from the

you feeling embarrassed about last night?” Porter chuckled. “With Grant, you can learn a lot of useful stuff. Let’s pretend last night didn’t happen. Daphne already told me, you and Kieran don’t have anything special going on. Since there’s nothing special, you don’t need to worry about it. Also, if we can win this case, the bonus will definitely

to be made, and money was the driving force for survival, the lifeline for

Julie compromised, but only for the money. The only solution she could come up with

avoid Kieran

Kieran, Julie had never been to this place. She had seen this magnificent building

staff were dressed in neat uniforms, their demeanor pleasing to

did not expect that after Grant took her into

cousin. Mr. Hernandez’s driver will drive straight to the entrance before he gets off work, Mr. Hernandez will definitely

in surprise. “We

Mr. Hernandez? If everyone could, wouldn’t Mr. Hernandez

choice but to sit on the couch with Grant and wait for Kieran to

Hernandez’s office door and

signing documents, suddenly stopped, and he looked up at Karl. He was

the people

that Julie would intern at