The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 361 I’ll Go With You

“Let me go!” Stephanie struggled to break free from Crispin’s embrace, but the man only tightened his hold on her and pleaded, “Stephanie! I won’t allow you to hurt yourself like this! You don’t need to hold onto those memories. That man will never appear before again. Just try to forget it, and everything will be alright!”

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However, Stephanie stared at Crispin with bloodshot eyes and snapped, “How can I forget?! It was a real and painful experience. Tell me, how can I ever forget that? Leave me alone!”

“You can, Stephanie. Please try to forget this incident and live our lives happily together from now on, okay.” Crispin attempted to calm her down by speaking gently, but Stephanie continued to bawl as she shook her head. “I can’t. I can’t do it. I really can’t…”

“Let’s get married, Stephanie. I’ll spend the rest of my life healing your trauma, okay?” He gazed at her with sincerity.

Stephanie looked at Crispin, moved by his genuine expression, and asked, “You won’t despise

me?”

She felt tainted by that vile man and even started to hate herself. Yet, Crispin never left her side.

“No,” said Crispin as he gently tidied her disheveled hair with a smile. “I will never despise my Stephanie. In my heart, you’re pure and perfect.”

“Crisp…”

In moments like this, no woman could resist the tenderness of a man. He would be like a ray of light in the darkness.

Crispin’s face drew closer to hers, and this time Stephanie didn’t evade his touch. Instead, she closed her eyes and accepted his kiss.

As their lips met, a smile appeared on Crispin’s face. He knew he was another step closer to

success.

The following day, Elias arrived at Winters Enterprise as usual for work. There were many things to handle recently, but with Jack’s help, he should be able to reclaim the shares that belonged to his grandfather soon.

lunch when his secretary asked, “What

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“Just order me

“Alright.”

later, the secretary entered the office with a lunch tray and placed it on the coffee. table

desk, staring at the computer screen, but it was unclear

on the door broke

face showed a hint of warmth. He curled his lips into a slight smile. “What

and closed the door behind her while explaining. “My studio is under renovation, and I took a trip to the furnishing

he slowly rise to his feet

on the couch and noticed the delicious spread of food on the lunch tray. She had been hungry all morning, and

“Is this your lunch?”

had the secretary get it from the cafeteria, but I haven’t had a chance to eat it yet. Have you eaten? Let’s go out for

placed her bag aside, picked up the cutleries, and took a whiff, exclaiming with delight, “It smells so good! Let me have

that, she took a small piece of ribs and continued with surprise, “The chef at your company’s cafeteria is amazing; this is way better than the

the man’s lunch without

that so? Then, you’re welcome to come over and have lunch with

the abundant variety of dishes on the tray, at least seven or eight in total. Well, the secretary is pretty diligent. It looks like she wants to stuff her boss with the amount of food she

watching her eat, seemingly entertained by her eating. “What happened? What are you so

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head out, so I skipped breakfast. Are you really not

secretary

you. Trust me. One person couldn’t possibly

no time. Then, she picked up the glass of warm water from the coffee table and drank it, washing down her meal. She

she was done, she leaned back on the couch, caressing her stomach, which still seemed. somewhat flat, but in reality, she was