Trapped with a Lawyer novel Chapter 46

Alcohol had now dulled Ella's senses. She giggled like stupid: "I like it...But I like my Samuel more." She was so happy and reassured now! Her Samuel had bought her a diamond ring!

She was so excited! What should she do now?

"Are you still mad at me?" She was holding his neck tight in her arms. Ella promptly shook her head.

Her Samuel was so handsome. She couldn't help but kissing his thin, gentle lips.

This little woman. Didn't she have the patience at least to let him ask her a couple of questions? Samuel didn't notice that a gleam of love that came into her eyes.

Needless to say, they spent the whole romantic night together.

At the crack of dawn, Samuel carried Ella from the living room to the bathroom and into the hot tub, and simply washed her body. After that they fell asleep in each other's arms.

Later on, in the morning, Ella turned over comfortably in the bed and prepared to go back to sleep.

The room was too quiet. When she opened her eyes she found out that she was alone in the bedroom. Samuel had already got up. She found the alarm clock near the bedside table, and it was now half past nine.

Ella quickly got up from bed at once. Today was the day that Samuel would represent Emma's company in court. The trial must have already started, but at that time she was still at home, sleeping.

Ella smacked her forehead in frustration. Why didn't Samuel wake her up?

Nevertheless, that Emma Gu woman would certainly be there. She thought that she would better go directly to the company.

She noticed the diamond ring on her finger and remembered what had happened last night.

With a smile on her face, she stroked the ring back and forth. . So last night wasn't a dream after all.

After she washed herself quickly, Ella stood in front of the dresser, looking at the hickeys Samuel left on her neck. Ella flushed as she saw them. She opened a closet to take out a silk scarf to cover the traces of last night's love.

When Ella arrived at the company, Anna followed Samuel to the courtroom. Today, Samuel didn't assign any work to Ella, so she went to the library straight after she videochatted with Melody and her son.

When she arrived, there were very few people in the library. Ella found a few books about case studies, picked a quiet corner in the library, sat down and started reading.

Ella hadn't slept that well last night. Soon she began to feel drowsy.

She didn't even notice when someone sat down opposite of her.

Ella suddenly woke up as the book fell from her hand to the ground. When she picked up the book, she then saw the man that was seated in front of her.

"Hello, Miss Bo" spoke the man.

Ella looked puzzled at the man that spoke to her. She remembered that his name was Rake. But, wasn't he a lawyer? Why did he always come to read here?

"Hello." Ella replied formally, stood up and prepared to leave.

Drake smiled when he noticed that she was trying to avoid him; "So, Miss Bo hasn't been a bit worried that Mr. Shao represented his ex-girlfriend at court?" As he expected, Ella stopped.

Her tone became more severe: "Whatever is to worry about? There are so many people out there. Perchance they will do something out of line in public?" Who the hell was this man? She could feel that he was trying to approach her on purpose and with an interest in mind.

Ella searched her memory, but couldn't remember his full name. She was certain that she only had met him here, in the law office, and was certain she hadn't seen him anywhere before.

"Indeed, but it's so unfair for Miss Bo that Mr. Shao should fight with fervor for his ex-girlfriend's case."

Ella was not stupid to misunderstand that this guy was trying to alienate Samuel from her.

"Who are you?" She looked back at him, eyes fixed on his. He certainly didn't look like a nice person at all, keeping a sinister grin on his face.

Drake didn't mind at all that Ella had already known his intention. He stood up from the chair he was sitting in and spoke: "Emma's birthday is coming up soon. As I know, every year, on the 25th day of the 9th lunar month, Samuel used to take her to the University of Finances in C Country. I wonder if Samuel will take her ...this year." He paused deliberately for a moment and then left.

But this was enough for Ella to understand what he meant with those words.

It was funny that Emma shared the same date of birth as her. She took out of her purse her phone, opened the calendar and counted the exact days remaining. It was only two dozen days away.

This would be her first birthday celebration since her marriage to Samuel. Whom would he be with on that date? Ella wasn't too hopeful.

And there was an even sadder thing that she thought of. Perhaps Samuel didn't even remember her birthday.

She had to admit to herself that the man's words did have an effect on her.

Even though she knew that he did it on purpose just to annoy her, she still couldn't get it out of her mind.

At Noon

All Samuel's cases were the focus of the media.

And this one, too. He was so famous, that all of his clients had to make an appointment half a year in advance if they wanted Samuel to defend them at court.

But this particular case was an exception. It was favored and inserted specially into his schedule. So when Samuel and Emma appeared, the journalists besieged them at once with questions.

Samuel was also a public figure in the country and had been photographed by nosey journalists before, when he was in a relationship with Emma.

But now he was married to Ella, and all of this was watched by the eyes of the public.

So, in their questions, no one paid any attention to the progress of the case Emma was in. Instead, they digged for juicy news about the two of them. Questions were coming from left and right.

"Mr. Shao, how did you feel when you walked into the court with your ex-girlfriend?"

"Miss Gu, your company is in the United States. You have travelled a great distance to seek help from Mr. Shao. Is there something we don't know?"

"Mr. Shao, it's said you undertook the case in advance because Miss Gu is your ex-girlfriend. Are you getting back together any soon?"

"Does Mrs. Shao know anything about it?"

"It's said that you and Mrs. Shao have never been seen together in public other than commuting to work together and business. Do you think the two of you have divorced in all but name?"

'It is said that Mrs. Melody Han is taking care of your son now. Does it mean that the child isn't a fruit of love? Don't you like your child, Mr. Shao? And what about Mrs. Shao, does she at least like the child?"

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One sharp question after another. All were the questions coming from nowhere and with no basis to them whatsoever., Samuel's indifferent face turned colder and colder with indignation.

He stopped and looked at a female reporter who mentioned the child in her question. "By the looks of your age, you must be a mother of several children. Don't you like your child?"

All eyes were now fixed on the female reporter, who was in her early twenties, and was, of course, completely unlikely to have given birth to any kids.

When Samuel spoke in that cold manner, the abashed reporter almost cried. She wasn't even married yet. Where was the baby from? She had nerves: "Mr. Shao, as a lawyer, you must know the consequences of slander."

"Then do you know the consequences of slander and peeping into other's private life? Believe it or not, I can sue you right now," said Samuel, aggressively and ruthlessly.

The female reporter's eyes were now filled with tears. She sobbed and ran away from the scene.

The journalists had by now started to understand. Samuel was protecting his child.

So now they got another breakthrough: "Mr. Shao, we now believe you really love your child. But you didn't say a thing in your wife's defense when we were talking about your wife. Does that mean you acquiesced?"