The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 538 Mutual Affection or Unrequited Love

Symeon narrowed his eyes as he observed Casey, the woman standing before him.

This woman isn’t seriously dumb enough to help me pursue Amanda, is she? Will she stoop so low to do something so morally wrong?

“What does it matter if mutual affection or unrequited love? What can you possibly do about it? Oh, by the way, weren’t you supposed to help me win over Amanda? How’s your plan. going?”

“I haven’t…” Casey hesitated. “Elias saved me last time, and Amanda is his wife. I can’t repay kindness with enmity.”

“Oh… I see.” Symeon nodded. “So, tell me, what did Elias do to save you? Do you really think I would strangle you in public? Do you really believe he saved you for your sake? You think too highly of yourself.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Symeon’s derogatory comments about Elias made Casey feel uneasy. In her mind, Elias was indeed a hero who had willingly come to her aid.

“Remember, Elias didn’t save you for

spite me. He would have intervenedur sake. You’re not that charming. He did it just to

that day even if I had strangled a dog because he hates me. He resents the time I spent with his wife, and that’s all there is to it. Understand, fool?”

With that, Symeon walked away without looking back, heading downstairs. He checked his wristwatch; he had a client meeting in the afternoon.

He had been in Cludan for about half a month and found that the market here wasn’t as easy to penetrate as he had thought. To make a mark, he needed to put in some serious effort.

Meanwhile, Casey stood in place, looking surprised. What did Symeon just say? The time he spent with Amanda? What does that mean? These two don’t actually have a romantic history, do they?

As the notion crossed her mind, her emotions swirled in a complex mix, leaving her unable to describe her feelings.

evening, at Winters Estate, after successfully putting Aiden to sleep. Amanda intended to return

After searching around, she spotted his back on the terrace, seemingly on

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want to eavesdrop, but she accidentally heard a word that made her in her tracks, deciding to listen to Elias’

you. Lawrence has been aggressively encroaching on our market in Cludan lately. They’ve already

nothing we can do. Lawrence is offering double

stop

happens again next time, don’t bother asking

Winters, we understand. We’ll definitely win the bid this

cigarette and planned to

standing there and immediately put on a

her arms, and hugged him. “Honey, is there

company matters. He brushed it off casually, saying, “Running a business is never smooth sailing. They’re just minor

cheek against his

everything earlier, and it was related to Symeon. Was Symeon deliberately opposing the Winters Family in

you tell me that Aiden and Dulcie go to the same

is so lonely here, with no one she knows, and even her

little girl. It was just that he and Symeon had a rivalry that

Meanwhile, at Galaxy Bay…

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and she had little appetite, so Casey went to the supermarket to buy some fresh vegetables, planning

to Galaxy Bay, the nanny opened the door and helped her carry the groceries into the

some soup. She can have a few spoonfuls. It’s better

You have more patience than Miss Bailey did before. I can see that Dulcie clings to you

paused her vegetable washing and asked, “Did Amanda used to come here often to

It seems Mr. Lawrence has a different kind of trust in Miss Bailey, and

Even Penny can tell…