At 3.00 pm, Adina drove to the office building that she had visited yesterday⦠The buildingâs entrance was quiet today. Nobody was around. Only two security guards watched the entrance.
As soon as she parked her car, a black car parked beside her. Duke stepped out after he pushed the car door open. Adina unfastened her seatbelt before she also got out of her car.
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The two of them walked toward the office building side by side, and nobody stopped them. Duke took the elevator and walked to an office in a familiar way. He raised his arm, knocked on the door, and directly pushed it open. âYou really came to find me. I thought you were messing with me!â The man sitting in the office chair stood up. Before he continued, he saw Adina behind Duke. He was slightly surprised as he asked, âWhen did you get yourself such a beautiful secretary?â âSheâs not my secretary,â Duke answered coldly. Adina smiled faintly and took a step forward. âHi, Mr. Watson. Iâm Adina Daugherty. Mr. Winters and I are business partners.â
Brenden pushed his glasses up a little, and his gaze on Adina was sharp. Then, he looked at Duke.
âJust business partners?â
Based on his intuition as a lawyer, these two people were definitely not merely business partners.
Duke cast a cold glance at him.
Brenden came from a poor family. His landlord had chased him out while he was studying abroad. Just as he arrived at a dead end, he coincidentally met Duke. Dukeâs family was rich, and he lived alone in a threeâstory villa. After they met, Brenden became attached to Duke.
Brenden lived in Dukeâs house for more than a year. After he graduated and became successful, he always wanted to repay Dukeâs kindness.
However, Duke lacked nothing. Brenden wanted to have a meal with him, but he never got a chance.
Since he returned from abroad, the two of them never had a proper meal together. âI need your help,â
Duke said indifferently. Brendenâs eyes immediately lit up. âSay it! Tell me now!â
He had been wishing for Duke to ask him a favor all these years. He could not wait to repay the kindness he owed him in the past.
Duke motioned Adina to move forward. When Brenden saw her, he immediately understood.
He looked at Adina with a judgmental gaze.
Back when they were studying abroad, Duke was known as the genius in school, and countless juniors wanted to get close to him.
But from the time Duke graduated till he returned, no female student ever got lucky enough to be with Duke. This dude did not seem to like having women around him. In the past, Brenden had even suspected Duke of having different kinds of interestsâ¦
Once he saw Adina, he realized that it was not this guy who did not like women, but those previous women were simply not his cup of tea.
âMr. Watson.â
When Adina noticed that Brenden kept sizing her up, she smiled faintly and interrupted his gaze.
âI would like to ask you for help with keeping custody of my children.â Brenden became puzzled and shocked. âMs. Daugherty, you have children?â