Wife is a Lawyer novel Chapter 27

Alvin ran and kept up with her.

Adriana suddenly stopped and turned around to look and Alvin, sighing, “Alvin, I’m a married woman and that man is my husband. You’d better not come to me again so we can avoid unnecessary trouble.”

She kept her voice down and only the two of them could hear what she said.

Alvin’s smiled stiffly. He tried to say something but didn’t know what to say.

Adriana turned around and left. She went back to her room and lost sleep all night until the next morning when she finally fell asleep.

In the afternoon, the cruise ship returned to port and Adriana left directly without saying anything to Alvin.

She had a break for half a day and went back to Hale Cobb Group the next day.

She spent her whole morning on office business. Then her assistant, Vivian walked in and said, “Ms. Hale, the president of Alston Group is here.”

Peter?

What would he come here now?

“Send him in.”

Peter walked into the office and looked at Adriana wryly. He took a look around the office and sat on the couch without saying anything.

Adriana got a little bit nervous as she saw Peter.

Maybe it was because Peter knew about her secret or maybe it was because of what happened between Peter and her, Adriana couldn’t help getting anxious every time they met in private.

“What can I do for you?”

She walked up to her and asked.

The man crossed her legs and sat there like a king who owned the world.

He looked at her coldly and noticed that she was uptight and acting weird from the look on her face, “Are you afraid of me?”

Adriana looked away and avoided any eye contact. She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out with her arms around her chest, “Since I’ve made a promise, I’ll definitely do it. But we’ve still got a lot of things to deal with in our company. Please give me a few days to handle everything and I won’t stay here afterwards.”

At the beginning, she didn’t even plan to go back to Waverly.

Who knew that Anne would insist on leaving the country and she had to go back to run this company? She couldn’t just leave the company in the hands of others.

“I’m here to talk about the acquisition.”

“Acquisition?”

Adriana abruptly turned around and stared at him in shock, “What do you mean?”

“The fastest way to make sure you will leave Waverly as soon as possible is to directly acquire Hale Cobb Group.”

He had been thinking that Adriana could be a threat to him if she stayed here.

He was crystal clear about how Alvin felt about Adriana.

Plus, Luis had been nagging Peter to bring Adriana to him these two days, which made Peter felt that he couldn’t keep her here anymore.

The best plan was to make sure she left Waverly as soon as possible.

“Well…” Adriana hesitated for a second and shook her head, “no way.”

She worked so hard to found Hale Cobb Group. Even though Anne’s shares of this company were small and Anne wouldn’t say anything if she sold the company.

But she tried so hard to have a career. Adriana couldn’t just sell it.

“$30 million for Hale Cobb Group and you can leave right away,” the man flung the contact onto the table, “your company can’t even make $30 million in ten years. For the sake of you and Theresa, this is the biggest compromise I can make.”

What he meant was that this $30 million was her last choice and everything else was off the table.

Of course she didn’t get a chance to fight back.

“Peter…”

Adriana shook her head and laughed. She turned to the window and sighed, “I don’t even know why I come back this time in the first place. Peter, I’ve promised you that I will leave. But I will never sell Hale Cobb Group!”

She founded this company on her own and it was like her baby. She had so many good memories and feelings here.

Of course that was a lot of money.

But when it came to Peter and Theresa, money couldn’t shut her mouth.

“It seems that I haven’t made it clear.”

Peter became grimmer and stated again, “Either you leave with that $30 million or I’ll destroy Hale Cobb Group. Your choice.”

After saying that, he left.

“Peter!”

Adriana called out his name and walked in front of him, glaring, “Why do you think you get to be so bossy? What did I ever do to you? It’s none of my business that Alvin has feelings for me. You should go after him instead of giving me a hard time. Why are you always trying me make my life a living hell?”

She felt wronged.

She just wanted to celebrate Alvin’s birthday on this cruise ship but somehow she lost her virginity. And now she pissed off Peter and he targeted at her every single day.

She had just been back to the country for a few days and every day was a chaos.

And none of this would’ve happened if she hadn’t saved Luis back then.

“What are you trying to say? Don’t tell me you regret about this now.”

Peter put his hands in his pockets and raised his chin. He looked at her wryly and saw the sadness on that gorgeous face, which stunned him a little.

“Yes, I regret it now. The biggest mistake I made is that I saved Luis!” Adriana was outraged, “but rest assured, you’ll never see me again. But please keep an eye on Luis and Alvin!”

After that, she walked to the door and opened it, “Goodbye.”

“Good. I’ll give you one more day. If you still wouldn’t leave, I won’t show any mercy,” Peter said with a straight face and then left.

Bang!

The second he stepped out of the office, Adriana slammed the door hard and the whole room shook.

She sniffed and stood there with her back against the glass door. She looked up at the ceiling and started to cry.

Ring…

The ringtone interrupted her thoughts.

Adriana straightened up and went to her desk. She grabbed her phone and saw it was Alvin.

She rubbed her forehead anxiously and hung up the phone.

Then Alvin called again for several times and Adriana didn’t answer.

She had to keep the promise she made.

She had been dealing with paperwork the whole day with a restless mind. In the evening, she called Anne, her partner of the law firm.

“Adriana, you finally called me!” Anne said slowly over the phone. It was obvious that she was still sleeping even though it was this late.

Adriana felt a bit guilty, “Anne, I’m terribly sorry that I call you at this hour.”

“Hmm, it’s not like you to be so polite. Just tell me what’s going on.” Anne was used to her casual attitude and felt a bit weird when she suddenly became so polite.

Adriana sat on her chair and sighed, “I don’t wanna run this company anymore.”

“You don’t wanna do it anymore?” Anne couldn’t believe what she just said, “what happened? Did something terrible happen to you?”

“No, not at all. I’m just too tired.”

“Bullshit. I know you too well. The company is everything to you. You won’t just give it up for nothing.”

“I really don’t wanna do this anymore and that’s why I’m having this discussion with you. Someone is offering us $30 million…”

Adriana wanted to tell Anne the situation here but Anne interrupted her, “Adriana, you started this company and I don’t care about what you’re gonna do about it. Actually, I don’t wanna do this for a long time. If you wanna quit, I’ve got no problems with it.”