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.”

comes to business disputes. We, on the other hand, are pros at personal disputes. From what I’ve heard, Mr. Hernandez is

nodded. “You’re saying… we should try to bag

cases for 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 we can

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

meeting ended and Julie was still trying to figure out what had just happened. All she knew was

to have the upper hand. Get ready, we’re going to Simpo

went back to her seat with the files and started checking the news about Kieran on her phone. After going through

next day,

Associates law firm suddenly posted a statement on the Simpo Co. official website on behalf of Kieran, claiming that Creative Nexus

reputation.

live broadcast of Kieran’s interview, completely exposing Creative Nexus Media’s

whole story, Julie knocked on Porter’s office door. “Mr. Porter…”

Mr. Porter, it sounds too formal.

start from the basics…”

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

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

only solution she could come up with was to

avoid Kieran

had never been to this place. She had seen this magnificent building on TV countless times, but it was only when she first

were dressed in neat uniforms,

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

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

Grant in surprise. “We didn’t make an appointment?”

you think anyone can get an appointment with the busy Mr. Hernandez? If everyone could, wouldn’t Mr. Hernandez be run ragged?

choice but to sit on the couch

Hernandez’s office door and walked

and he looked up at Karl. He was

the people from the firm, probably wanting

that Julie would intern at Accolade