Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 31 A Failed Negotiation

The man in front of me stared at me with dissatisfaction and hatred.

Unperturbed, I stared him back indignantly.

“That’s enough! I don’t want to waste so much time on you. Hurry up and give me an answer.”

“Liliana, you—” As soon as Julius spoke, someone called his name.

A man dressed in a white suit with a name badge and black trousers came up to us.

“I wonder why you left the office just now. Anyway, I understand now that you’re on a date. Hello, Mrs. Keaton.”

The man looked familiar, for we met during the wedding. If I wasn’t mistaken, he was Julius’ colleague, and they were close to each other.

Julius looked displeased when his colleague addressed me as Mrs. Keaton. Right then, I realized he hadn’t told others that we were getting a divorce.

Nonetheless, it wasn’t a surprise to me. Since our marriage was short-lived, Julius would understandably want to save himself from embarrassment.

After forcing a smile at Julius, I turned to Julius’ colleague and said, “I remember you. Aren’t you Brayden?”

“Mrs. Keaton’s memory is impressive. I am Brayden.” He was delighted because I still remembered him.

I smiled and continued, “Brayden, please don’t call me Mrs. Keaton from now on. Julius and I…”

“Darling!” The next moment, Julius yelled aloud on purpose and put his arm on my shoulder.

Brayden and I were both startled upon that.

“Brayden, she was saying that you don’t have to be that polite. By the way, why are you here?” Julius interrupted and deliberately changed the subject of conversation.

arm away and took a step to

a mental note to shower at least three times to get rid of whatever germs transferred from Julius’ filthy

me, they each exhibited a

an awkward smile. Brayden probably sensed that something was off between us and chose not

head out to work. You two

Brayden left, Julius glared at me as

clothes, and gazed at the entrance. “It appears that we can’t make a deal today. Since you’re probably busy, I can

luck!” Julius

threatened me afterward. Now that I’m willing to return the betrothal gift to you, why aren’t you satisfied? Julius, how can you be that

no use trying to reason with someone obsessed with

notes from my bag and put them on the table. “Here’s the money to

ignored Julius’ ferocious gaze and walked

soon as I exited the café. At this point, I had no choice but to

through my contact list, but I soon realized that my friends

his favor to avoid being ridiculed by him again. Besides, given that he had helped me a lot, I didn’t want to

the commercial district on my own. Since there were

arriving at the commercial district, I went straight to the well-known Wisteria

entered the lobby on the ground floor, I saw

hesitation, I came up to them and asked, “Hi, may I know if there are law firms upstairs? I wish to

once I finished asking. I turned around and realized that it was James, the president

a coincidence. Are you here for business matters?” I greeted him smilingly because he was the

entire office building that his company

friendly, unlike Dominic, who always pulled a long

I know this place quite well if I dare say so

Mr. Dalton,

get all the favor I need from Dominic anyway. Just

confirm my decisions even more—I should