CHAPTER 18: CHAPTER 18: TAKE OFF THE WEDDING RING

"Senior, thank you so much for today!"

Eleanor Winslow felt as if she had been caught cheating, inexplicably guilty.

It must be because her moral sense is too high, after all, she and Adrian Grant haven’t officially divorced yet!

Sean Morgan smiled bashfully, "If you feel like you need to thank me, why not invite me to a movie this weekend and I’ll treat you to dinner?"

"..." Eleanor politely refused, "Senior, I’m going back to school this weekend, I’m not really available."

Sean didn’t quite understand Eleanor’s meaning and generously said, "It’s okay, we work together, there’ll be plenty of opportunities in the future!"

Eleanor: "..." Failed to politely refuse.

Sean arrived at a high-end apartment not far from the city center, according to the address Eleanor provided, and was stunned.

"You... live here?" He looked at Eleanor in disbelief; the apartment was one of the top luxury residences.

Eleanor nodded, and as she did, the community security had already come over with an umbrella, respectfully helping Eleanor get out of the car.

Eleanor said a brief goodbye to him and thanked him again.

Watching Eleanor leave, Sean felt a sense of loss.

His family was middle class, he never lacked for anything growing up, but far from reaching the level of living in such an apartment.

Turns out, wanting to pursue Eleanor was aiming too high.

-

Eleanor sat on the balcony looking at some law textbooks, got up, and was about to walk back to her bedroom to sleep when her gaze suddenly stopped—

There was a Rolls-Royce parked downstairs, the model was a Phantom.

The car lights weren’t on, through the windshield, the person on the driver’s side couldn’t be seen clearly, she could only see a red dot flickering, someone was smoking.

Adrian’s car today was a Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Eleanor couldn’t help but stand there, wanting to see clearly who the person downstairs was.

A minute passed, and she suddenly came back to her senses—she was really obsessed, actually guessing if that might be Adrian!

Adrian wouldn’t be so boring, what’s he doing waiting downstairs?

Just as Eleanor was about to leave, a car light passed by the Rolls-Royce, for an instant the driver’s seat was bright, leaving Eleanor frozen in place.

The man’s superior features were revealed in the darkness, all too familiar coldness in his brows and eyes.

Adrian slightly tilted his head, looking in her direction.

Eleanor’s heart skipped a beat, instinctively wanting to retreat back into the room, but she forced herself to hold out.

She couldn’t show fear!

Eleanor’s gaze unwaveringly looked down at the Rolls-Royce, even though there were dozens of meters between them, she seemed to feel the intense connection between their eyes.

Adrian... what exactly does he want?

But no matter what Adrian wants, she can’t continue to be entangled with him like this.

This project group, she can’t stay any longer!

The person on the balcony returned to the room.

Adrian took a last drag on his cigarette, extinguishing the butt.

The name ’Sean Morgan’ kept appearing in his mind, he couldn’t help but open his tablet again, on it was Sean’s personal information sent by Charles Rhodes ten minutes ago—

Aethelgard University Law School, an integrated bachelor’s and master’s degree, graduated as top of the class, was a somewhat famous campus heartthrob during school, gentle and refined personality, middle-class family, harmonious parents.

This is the senior Eleanor likes? The new love?

Eleanor would divorce him for someone like this and took off her wedding ring?

Adrian’s face darkened, an air of cold surrounding him.

-

"What? Quit? Are you out of your mind?"

In the small conference room, Albert Sawyer looked at Eleanor as if seeing a ghost.

"Eleanor, being able to get into the Mayfield Tech case as an intern is like a pie in the sky, so many people beg for this opportunity, and you’re telling me you want to quit?"

"Lawyer Sawyer, I’m very sorry for causing trouble for the project group!" Eleanor bowed in apology, firmly standing by her thoughts.

Perhaps from the first day she joined the project group and encountered Adrian, this was an inauspicious sign that she should have chosen to leave the group!

Albert’s girlfriend was also interning at the firm, he couldn’t wait for Eleanor to leave and let his girlfriend join the group, but Adrian named Eleanor specifically to be the liaison, and if Eleanor leaves now, it might not be good for the project group.

"No way! I won’t approve! Eleanor, opportunities for such big projects are rare, don’t be ungrateful!"

"Lawyer Sawyer, I’ll complete the work handover today, if you don’t approve, I’ll have to resign."

Compared to entangling with Adrian and being disgusted by Mia Winslow, Eleanor felt there were other job options.

Eleanor’s unpleasant encounter with Albert left her not dining with the lawyer team, she sat on a park bench during lunch, drinking yogurt.

"Junior, I heard you want to quit?" Sean sat down next to Eleanor.

"Senior?" Eleanor was surprised, "You didn’t go to lunch?"

Sean shook his head, "I don’t have much appetite."

He looked at Eleanor, hesitated several times but still asked, "Junior, why are you suddenly resigning? Is it because I brought you trouble?"

"Huh?" Eleanor was a bit puzzled.

"I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but to be honest, I want to pursue you." Sean smiled self-deprecatingly, "I’ll work hard to become better, to be worthy of you!"

Eleanor had a vague feeling last night that Sean might be interested in her, but thinking she was about to leave the project group or even leave this firm, she never thought Sean would suddenly break the ice.

"Senior, my resignation has nothing to do with you. You are excellent, there’s no need to put yourself down." Eleanor hesitantly chose her words, worried about hurting Sean, "However, I can’t accept your kindness, I’m sorry."

Sean disguised his inner disappointment, forced a smile, was about to speak but suddenly paused, looking behind Eleanor.

"President Grant!"

Sean stood up in a panic, having been caught confessing, he was somewhat at a loss.

Eleanor turned around and saw a man standing not far away, wearing a bespoke suit, the shirt vest showing off his broad shoulders and narrow waist, the suit pants wrapping around his long legs, with a coat draped over his arm, appearing disciplined, handsome.

But the man’s gaze was deep and cold, making one feel a chill.

Beside Adrian was the smiling Mia Winslow!

"It seems we’ve interrupted you two!" Mia teased mischievously.

As she spoke, her body instinctively inclined towards Adrian, implying closeness.