4 The
ITED STATE
EMPIRE: KIA
opened the office and she found Lila standing
giggled as she strolle
le on her face. "Go
ight way to greet me? Woah! You didn't even offer me a seat! So rude of you, CEO Kiara! Is this how you tr
laptop screen. She was busy ta
ou a question
am list
s a client or a best
ing question. Perhaps am I making you u
ou didn't even reply to any of my text messages?!" Kiara
rs without caring about her welfare. Lila knew Kiara was just being her usual self-Being petty.
lunch? We can talk things out from there." She requested with a fake
nish up a few files on some top clients. We are fully bo
. "I can tell already that you wou
greement. "Busine
ng." Lila completed her intend
nge in Lila's countenance and tone. "Are you okay
. Without wasting much time, Kiara got ou
wrong? Talk
rk...yesterday." L
ulled her out of the chair and took her to settle on the couch. "Please stop c
ra know of her situation that's why she refused to
he handed her the bottle of water. "Remember ou
. "I don't even know if I
y earlier. So please let me in on your s
dos." Lila
he news about Mrs Osvaldo stabbing her husband to death
er sister in court. She specifically mentioned my name. I looked through the case and and it was something I could defend but knowing
reason?" Kiara mumbled with
dos winning against her in-laws is very low but he wants us to try beca
u shoul
stic violence didn't even feel pity for you and all she wanted was the freedom of her son!" She stood up abruptly. "Woah! Thinking back at when she offered yo
a had talked nonstop about getting a job at Kings Law Firm after taking her bar exam. The happiness on Lila's face after getting the job was still vivid in her memory. Seven years since she
ra apologized for causi
ce clean. "Why ar
ult." Tears pul
didn't reach out to you yesterday. Daniel was with me throughout an
integrity. The truth is Kings Law Firm is not what I imagined it to be. My bos
been almost five months since she divorced Carlos Osvaldo and she hasn't heard about h
promise to protect you from the Osvaldos and that's what I did. I think it's a blessing in disguis
ine smile crawling on her face. "I don't regret turning the offer to defend Ele
re...about
ndred, I am 99.9% sure and the 1% is for the
, what do I do with you? I am the one who got fired bu
ulled away from the embrace. "But you should have called me immediately. It had me thinkin
an always run the session on me at home. I didn't want to bother
t should be reciprocated but because Daniel is in the
not true. I come running to you first but this issue
is capable of handling any task at hand. And Ki
r space? Do you have an estimation of wha
ping out financially then I'll have to decline. The fact that you
nd who has helped me out a whole lot of
and travel around the globe. And not spend it on
imes that I don't want to travel around t
at almost caused your
asn't the town itself b
up my firm. You can hold on to your mone
for the furnishin
et you know if there is any help you can
ry unfai
being sad for my situation. I came here to tell you s
a leaned back into