My Sweet Lawyer Wife

“Stop acting like you are not a whore. You worked your ass off to get into my lounge. Weren’t you trying to trade your body for the survival of your company? Beg me, and I’ll help you.”

He looked down at her as if he owned everything in the world, including her.

Tears blurred her vision. Her lips parted and for a moment a phrase tried to take shape in her mouth, but she swallowed the words all.

She closed her eyes, too tired to say anything.

He kept moving on her, day and night, relentlessly. She was already exhausted, begging him to stop, and passed out eventually.

When night fell, Peter leaned against the bed, with a cigarette in his hand.

The girl sleeping next to him seemed to be sobbing in her dreams. Looking at her red and swollen eyes, a wave of guilt washed over him.

She was the one hanging over his head all these years, the mother Luis had been missing night and day.

For years, he tried so hard not to find her, but she just showed up in front of him as Tessa’s best friend.

Buzz buzz –

There was the sound of someone’s phone vibrating across the silent room. Peter took a look at the Caller ID-it was Theresa.

He put on an annoyed frown, turning his phone off straight away.

At the same time, Adriana was woken up by the noise.

When she opened her eyes to see the messy bed and her bare body, tears shed down her face once again.

“I’m going to the police.”

She said calmly, but with deathly desperation.

His hand holding the cigarette stiffened, “Do you really think that they’ll believe your story?”

“You are nothing without your money and power.”

Adriana clutched the quilt tightly to her chest, burying her face in it, in great pain and desperation.

He took out a check, “Here’s three hundred million, as compensation to your company.” Then he got up from the bed and left.

Adriana scrunched up the check worth three hundred million. She wanted to throw it away, but she held back the thought.

Three hundred million!

Why can’t she just accept it as Peter’s compensation?

After she took a quick shower, she found a new women’s suit on the bed.

It must be Peter who had it delivered to her.

After all, if anyone should find her walking out of Alston Group in a wreck, all sorts of rumors might start to spread.

He would never risk doing a disservice to Alston Group.

Thinking of it, Adriana squinted and came up with an idea.

When she had changed, she grabbed the file and walked out of the room, surprised to see Peter still working in his office.

He paid no attention to her leaving, like he didn’t care about her existence at all.

Adriana gave him a cold glance and left. However she suddenly stopped with her hand on the door handle, “See you in court, Peter Alston.”

Then she strode out of the door.

Having left Alston Group, Adriana walked down the street, holding the files in her arms and feeling a sense of helplessness.

A sudden gust of wind swept past her, making her unable to see the road ahead.

She tried to block the wind with her hand, only to find tears streaming down her face.

“Adri?”

Someone behind her called out to her as she wandered.

Adriana was puzzled at first, then she turned around, surprised to find Alvin behind her.

“Al … Alvin?” She turned her face to the other side, trying to wipe the tears off her face, and then smiled at him, “What are you doing here?”

Alvin walked over to her, looked at her and frowned, “What happened? Is someone giving you a hard time? Where were you today? I’ve been looking for you all day.”

“What? Why … why?” Adriana had no idea what Alvin wanted with her.

“I’ve been looking into your thing. The man called Kenny has already told me everything.”

So he knew everything now.

He knew she was not married at all, and it was Peter who forced her to pretend to be married to Kenny.

Seeing her injured look, Alvin gave her a hug …

However, Adriana pushed him away the moment he touched her, screaming hysterically, “No! Don’t … don’t touch me … Leave me alone …”

What Peter did to her back then at Alston Group had left her with emotional trauma.

Now Adriana’s terrified of being touched by men.

Any men.

“What happened, Adri?”

Alvin was startled, asking worriedly.

Then he knew something bad had happened to her when he noticed the hickeys on her neck.

But it seemed that she was not willing to tell him the truth, “Who did this to you?”

What the hell had happened to her today?

Adriana shook her head and stepped backwards in response to his questioning, “No … no one … No one!”

Then she turned sharply and tried to flee.

Her disconcerted look perturbed Alvin, so he caught up with her, “Adri, don’t be afraid! I’m here for you.”

He gripped her wrist and took her back in his arms, hugging her tightly, “Silly girl, it’s me, Alvin! Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you!”

She was trembling in his arms like a wounded deer, looking piteous.

“Who was it? Tell me. I’ll help you.” Alvin put his arm around her waist and stroked her hair to soothe her.

Adriana struggled for a bit. Later she calmed down and remained silent in his arms.

They held each other for a while, and then Alvin said, “I parked my car nearby. Why don’t you get in my car and take a rest?”

He knew Adriana’s in a bad mood now, so he didn’t want to force her into talking.

“Okay.”

Adriana stopped fighting, letting Alvin lead her to his car.

Suddenly, Peter’s face emerged in her head, as well as his warnings, “Stay away from Alvin, or I won’t go easy on you!”

Subconsciously, she tried to take back her hand, but Alvin held her tighter, reluctant to let her go.

Adriana lowered her head and looked at his hand. Then she squinted and came up with a thought.

Peter warned her about staying away from Alvin, or he would do something about it.

It was just a few days since she came back from abroad, Hale Cobb Law Firm had already gone bankrupt. Now she’s got nothing left to lose, so what should she be afraid of?

Since he disliked her being with Alvin.

Well then, she will go against him and stay with Alvin.

When she got into Alvin’s car, he turned on the air conditioning and handed her a bottle of water, “Adri, how about living with me for a while? I feel rather worried about leaving you alone.”