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.”

Associates. Unlike our Accolade Law Firm, they’re big shots when it comes to business disputes. We, on the other hand, are pros at personal disputes. From what

“You’re saying… we should try to bag this case?”

before, so you’ll be leading the charge on this. If Mr. Hernandez has other plans, I won’t hold you

daze when Porter suddenly mentioned her “Grant, take Julie with you. Let her get

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

have

phone. After going through a few of the most recent articles, she finally figured out

The next day, the news made the headlines. Although people were surprised, they didn’t think much of it.

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

reputation.

Media’s lies. This caused a great stir, and Julie was probably

understanding the whole story, Julie knocked on Porter’s office

Porter, it sounds too formal. What can I

to start from the basics…”

and Kieran don’t have anything special going on. Since there’s nothing special, you don’t need to worry

money was the driving force

could come up with

avoid Kieran

Julie had never been to this place. She had seen this magnificent building on TV countless times, but it

neat uniforms, their demeanor pleasing to the eye.

that the Accolade Law Firm had scheduled a meeting with Kieran, but she did not expect that after Grant took her into the lobby, he left a business card at the front desk and then took her to sit on the couch in the lobby

work, Mr. Hernandez will definitely pass by here, if we wait here, we’ll definitely have a chance to

looked at Grant in surprise. “We didn’t make

the busy Mr. Hernandez? If everyone could, wouldn’t Mr. Hernandez be run ragged? Grant glanced

on the couch with Grant and wait for Kieran to

floor, Karl knocked on Mr. Hernandez’s office door

looked up at Karl. He was

wife is now an intern at the Accolade Law Firm, she came with the people from the firm, probably wanting to take

slightly surprised that Julie would intern