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.”

Porter nodded, starting his analysis, “Simpo Co’s law firm is Sterling & 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

we should

nodded at Grant. “You’ve handled 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 land this case, you’ll be

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

All she knew was she had to go

dazed Julie, lightly patted her shoulder, and handed her two files. This one’s about Mr. Hernandez, and this one’s about his secretary, Karl Get to know them first, we gotta know our opponents to have the upper hand.

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

his fiancée. The next day, the news made the

on the Simpo 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,

reputation.

the official 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 last to

Julie knocked on Porter’s office

up. “Don’t call me Mr. Porter, it sounds too formal. What can I do

start

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

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

could come up with was to hide behind Grant

avoid Kieran

She had seen this magnificent building on TV countless times, but it was only when she first stepped into this building that she began

desk staff were dressed in neat

her into the lobby, he left a business card at the front desk and then took her to sit on the couch

my cousin. Mr. Hernandez’s driver will drive straight to the entrance before he gets off work, Mr. Hernandez will definitely pass by here, if we wait here, we’ll definitely have

Grant in surprise. “We didn’t

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

on the couch with Grant and wait

Mr. Hernandez’s office

documents, suddenly stopped, and he looked up at Karl. He was certain that Julie would absolutely not take the initiative to

she came with the people from the firm, probably wanting to take over the

slightly surprised that Julie would intern