Sienna Thornton, who had been eating bland als for a while, was all smiles after having this feast. With a few good drinks down, she felt a bit dizzy and was resting her chin on her hand, squinting at Simon Forrester.
Simon Forrester finished the last lobster leg, wiped his hands with a wet towel, and quietly looked at Sienna Thornton, his eyes deep: "Shall we take a bath together later? That way, your face won’t be swollen when you wake up tomorrow."
"Sure."
"Then why don’t you go run the bath and get ready. I’ll clean up here and join you."
Sienna agreed, her cheeks flushed as she stood up and playfully said, "You better hurry, or else I might start without you once the water is ready."
With that, she swayed back to the bedroom, her hips twisting, and her head bobbing.
Simon, who had maintained a smile all night, finally let it fade away, heaved a long sigh, and began tidying up the kitchen and dining area.
When he finished and went to the bathroom, he found Sienna already soaking in the water.
Her eyes were closed, and her head tilted back, her body subrged in the warm water, which covered her shoulders, leaving her long, white neck exposed, supporting her head wrapped in a cat-eared headband.
Her cheeks were flushed, and her bare face stead red from the warm water, with all her hair tucked up. Even with her head tilted at this tricky angle, her features and face shape were delicate and flawless.
She was truly beautiful.
Like an angel.
A kind, smart, cute, and pure angel.
Simon wanted to use the most beautiful words in the world for her, but unfortunately, he wasn’t a man of literature, and his love couldn’t defeat his lack of eloquence.
He had thought he was capable of anything, but at this mont, he realized how powerless he was in many matters concerning her.
This feeling of frustration was much like the one he felt after leaving Quentin Thorne’s office earlier that afternoon.
"Why are you staring blankly at ?" Sienna asked softly with her eyes still closed.
Simon snapped out of his thoughts and quickly got into the water.
He sat opposite her, gazed at her quietly for a while, and pondered before asking, "If you could reunite with your biological father, what is the first thing you’d want to do?"
Her previously upturned lips slowly drooped, her eyes remained gently closed, but her brow furrowed slightly, and a wave of pain flickered subtly across her face.
After a mont of silence, she suppressed her emotions and said, "I’d want to have a good talk with him, ask him why he left my mom, ask him how he’s been all these years, if he ever thought about her..."
After speaking, she suddenly laughed, a laugh filled with helplessness and bitterness.
Simon reached out, pulled her into his arms, kissed her forehead, and comforted her softly, "Maybe when he got ho, he t with an accident, unable to control his fate, and by the ti he returned, your mother was no longer there."
Sienna remained silent, her expression pained.
Simon said, "He probably lived well because he is knowledgeable and kind. He’d occasionally think of your mom, who is a cherished mory in his heart."
Upon hearing this, Sienna suddenly turned her back to him, burying her face in her hands.
He quickly pulled her back into his embrace, holding her tightly, feeling her body trembling and his shoulder getting wet.
He knew she was crying, suppressing herself, biting her lip, not daring to make a sound, crying like a helpless child.
He held her even tighter, comforting her in pain, "Don’t cry, baby, don’t cry. I will definitely help you find him, absolutely!"
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Sienna was very sad that night, and after drinking, she didn’t even know how she fell asleep, missing Maeve’s call.
When she woke up early the next morning, she wanted to call Maeve back but was afraid Maeve might still be asleep, so she left a ssage on WeChat for Maeve to call at her convenience.
Near the end of the workday, she received a call from Nolan Krar’s secretary, who inford her that Cognitas had excelled and stood out in yesterday’s bid eting, and now Forrester Group had decided to outsource their legal affairs to Cognitas.
This result was both anticipated and unexpected, and Sienna was so thrilled that she imdiately notified Rhonda Wagner and Aurora Buckley, and they agreed to et at Forrester’s that afternoon for detailed discussions.
Rhonda and Aurora were both excited, with Aurora even speculating how much Forrester would pay annually. However, she couldn’t guess and asked Sienna, but Sienna also wasn’t sure as Nolan didn’t play by conventional rules.
In the afternoon, Rhonda drove while Sienna and Aurora brought along the docunts, and the three headed to Forrester full of ambition.
Having previously spent two to three months at Forrester, Sienna knew her way around their internal structure and soon t Nolan in Bianca Fordham’s forr office.
In the office, there was only Nolan and his secretary. Nolan politely invited them to sit and personally brewed tea to entertain them.
After a brief chat, Nolan quickly got to the point, "Please have a look at the docunts in your hands. The board of directors of Forrester Group has decided to outsource legal affairs work to Cognitas with the following requirents."
He then instructed the secretary to distribute the docunts: "Take these back with you, review them, and if there are no issues, co back tomorrow afternoon to sign the contract."
Sienna hastily glanced over the contents of the papers, her expression changing dramatically, and she imdiately asked, "Mr. Jenner, I have two questions."
Nolan said, "Go ahead, Lawyer Thornton."
Sienna asked, "Firstly, I want to know who drafted this docunt, which can be considered an addendum to the agreent, and who approved it?" She waved the pages of the agreent, showing that there were only neatly printed words on each page, without any signatures.
Moreover, this agreent seed suspicious because Nolan claid it was approved by the entire board, yet Simon Forrester, one of the directors, was clearly unaware of it.
Sothing was fishy, and she needed to get to the bottom of it.
Nolan chuckled and counter-questioned, "Does it matter?"
Sienna replied, "It certainly does. Any agreent requires review and approval. That’s fundantal."
Nolan looked at her with an indifferent gaze.
After a mont of standoff, Nolan instructed the secretary to take the agreent away to get stamped by the finance departnt and then return it.
The secretary, taking Sienna and the others along, led them to the eting room when leaving.
Once the eting room door closed, Aurora, being straightforward, comnted, "Lawyer Thornton, it seems like this Forrester’s supplentary agreent is targeting you. They’re trying to tie you to Forrester. And judging by the content, the outsourcing fee they’re offering us should be quite low."
Sienna was taken aback, never expecting Forrester would outsource their legal affairs to Cognitas in such a way.
"That’s why I asked whose idea this agreent was and who approved it. However, as you saw, he didn’t give a direct answer and just tried to brush us off by stamping it." Sienna was a bit annoyed.
Rhonda, however, remained calm, remaining silent for a while before nodding and saying, "Actually, this plan isn’t too bad, at least suitable for Cognitas at present. But if you feel it’s inappropriate, we can formally request negotiations, as nothing is signed yet, and there’s room for discussion."
Aurora glanced worriedly at the silent Sienna and sighed, "That Mr. Jenner seems quite assertive. I reckon this won’t be an easy talk."
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