Wife is a Lawyer novel Chapter 37

“It’s okay. I just arrived. What do you want for drink?” Theresa raised her head to look at Adriana. However, it suddenly occurred to her that she was having an affair with Peter. At the thought of that, anger started to crawl up her mind.

But still, she forced out a fake smile.

Adriana took a seat opposite her. Then she beckoned a waiter over, “A cup of tea, please.”

“Yes, ma’am.” Replied the waiter.

Adriana put away her bag and rested her hands on table. The air somehow felt a bit awkward.

“Theresa, what are you doing during these days? It had been days since we met last time.” Adriana took the initiative to utter.

“It has been days, huh?” while speaking, Theresa flipped her hair backward casually while stirring the coffee. A trace of disgust flashed across her eyes.

Adriana, what a liar!

‘You must be watching in the closet while I was quarreling with Peter yesterday!’ Theresa thought to herself.

“But we have met the day before yesterday, haven’t we?”

Adriana smiled awkwardly to reply, “I had been abroad for so many years. We should spend more time talking with each other.”

“I’d love to. But you have been busy ever since you returned. It makes no difference from the days when you were working abroad.”

Theresa sighed and continued, “Are you gonna stay or go back to LA in the future?”

If her answer was that she would go back to LA, Theresa would be still willing to view her as a friend. However, if she chose to stay, Theresa would decide to start conspiring against her.

Though she knew that Adriana was actually the one Peter would like to marry at that time, it was still because of Adriana that Theresa had turned infertile—at least that was what she believed.

So from her perspective, her marriage with Peter should be deemed as a return for her suffering.

“Of course I am gonna go back to LA. After living there for all these years, I have been accustomed to the lifestyle in LA. But I won’t leave for the time being. Not yet.”

Now her priority was that she had to finish the case involving Peter as soon as possible. Besides, she must claim justice for that innocent girl and her brother.

While speaking, the waiter brought her a cup of tea.

“Why? What holds you back?” Theresa suddenly sat up straight and fixed her eyes on her. Obviously, she was anxious to know the reason.

Adriana soon noticed her anxiety. But she couldn’t figure out what accounted for it.

However, there was one thing she was sure about—Theresa was keeping something from her.

“Theresa, actually, I am here to tell you something.” Adriana took a sip of tea while speaking seriously.

“What is it all about?”

“Hmm, you may take a look at this…” after some hesitation, Adriana still handed her the files.

“What’s that?” Theresa frowned and took it over. Then she unfolded it.

“I know you have just been engaged with Peter. And this might annoy you. But after struggling for a whole night, I realized that as your best friend, I had the responsibility to show you who he really is. Theresa, that bastard never deserves your love!”

After being through what happened yesterday between her and Peter, she had decided to leave Waverly as soon as possible and never would she return again.

However, Peter challenged her bottom line—he plotted against her brother, Jenkins.

Such a cold-blooded, nasty and cruel bastard never deserved the love of Theresa, she believed.

“Adriana, what do you mean?” Theresa smashed the files on the table, “You want me to withdraw from the engagement with him?”

She believed that Adriana had planned all these so as to take her place after she broke up with Peter.

Adriana was confused when noticing her anger. But she still chilled herself and continued calmly, “Theresa, you have been kept in the dark. That’s why I am here to tell you everything.”

“Actually, I returned to Waverly to run Hale Cobb Law Firm. However, I bumped into Alvin unexpectedly after I returned. And he has feelings for me. But Peter threatened to tell me that I ain’t qualified enough to get into a relationship with Alvin. He even threatened to ruin my business. So I hired a guy to fake my marriage with him. By doing so, I thought Alvin would give up. But then…”

Adriana suddenly paused and raised her head to look at Theresa.

She would definitely break down if she knew that, Adriana supposed.

“But then Alvin was aware that I actually remained single. So he continued to chase after me. Meanwhile, Peter threatened to ruin my business unless I went back to LA in a day.”

“So I had planned to leave yesterday. However, I bumped into my brother at the night before yesterday. He’s actually the son of my adoptive mother. At that time, he was badly beaten on the street because he engaged in a case while the defendant of which was Peter. It was he who sent his men to beat my brother. I had been staying with my brother in the hospital for the whole night. He didn’t wake up until the next morning. Then he told me everything. So I took over the case and headed to the Alston Group. But then I was told that my law firm had been liquidated.”

“Peter is a jerk! He doesn’t deserve your love! Theresa, please…make the wise choice! That’s why I asked you out this time. And then I am gonna bring a lawsuit against Peter.”

Adriana had made up her mind that she had to make Peter pay the price!

After hearing all these, Theresa simply smiled to reply, “Adriana, I have been with him for years. Nobody knows about him better than I do. What’s more, you accusation against him sounds too incredible. As a friend of mine, I think you are a perfect match for Alvin. I don’t think Peter would try to stop you from building a relationship with Alvin. Besides, Alvin has been born in a privileged family. Are you sure the wish of Alvin needs to be granted by Peter if he wanna chase after you?”

Obviously, never would Theresa believe what Adriana was talking just now.

“As for his attack against your law firm, I will figure it out with a face-to-face talk with him. But Adriana, it’s known to all that Peter has been influential in this city. What you are doing now will ruin his reputation. Do you understand?”

“What?” Adriana was stunned.

Never had she expected such a response from Theresa.

“Theresa, are you crazy? Peter raped a girl and even got her pregnant. And he still conspired all these nasty things to kill her mom. He’s literally a devil!”

“Enough!” Theresa stopped her before she could finish.

Theresa paused and looked around. Luckily, there were only few people in the café in the morning.

She started whispering, “Adriana, stop being naïve. Don’t you know how powerful he is? It’s a common case that all those men among upper class will love to do something to vent out their lust. They get their hands dirty to mount to the top! That’s the rule! The upper class is only exclusive for those tough guys. That’s how to play the game.”