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Having an understanding and great friends really makes someone’s life light and easy. When Atty. Garette, discussed with his three friends the wishes and conditions of his father, and they agreed to the arrangement that he will visit the office at least once a week and attend the hearings of the crucial cases, he handled.
So, before they returned to Cambridge the next day, Atty. Garette had made up his mind already.
“Dad, I accept your offer. Just give me at least a month to settle everything in our law firm,” he said as he sat on the couch in their living room, in front of his Dad.
A warm smile suddenly flashes all over the face of Raffy O’ Brein. “Good son. Alright, I see you here then, a month from now,” he replied with joy in his voice.
“But Dad, I cannot totally let go of my profession. I need to be in the office at least once a week and I need to attend the hearings of the crucial cases that I am currently in-charged,” he explained to his father, to which his father simply nodded and agreed.
“That would be fine son. I know how much you love being a lawyer. So don’t worry, you can still practice your profession, although it will be limited somehow.” Don Raffy said, with a full understanding of his son’s working conditions too.
The truth is, Atty. Garette could just easily refuse his father. He does not need his father’s wealth actually. He is wealthy in his own right. But what made Atty. Garette decides to accept his father’s challenge? He did not know yet but something is pulling him to stay; he wanted to be closed and to know more about her soon-to-be stepmom.
He might be putting himself on fire but he does not care; all he knew was, he needs to be with her, no matter the circumstances.
“Brod, tell me, do you feel something for your stepmom? I could notice the way you looked at her, it is as if you wanted to devour her.”It was Atty. Greg who asked Atty. Garette. They were inside Atty. Garette’s office.
It has been two days since they left their ranch in Texas but Atty. Garette could still feel in his skin the softness of Dianthe’s skin when it touched his. He would always reminisce about her before he would go to sleep, no matter how tired he is.
“I don’t know. I might just want to bed her. That’s all.” Atty. Garette replied.
“Are you sure? You know Brod, this is the first time that you sacrifice your own interests because you wanted to be with a woman.” Atty. Greg said in a dramatic manner.
“Shut up Greg. I just need to bed her once and I will be satisfied, just like my other women before.” Atty. Garette said but deep inside he really wondered if he will be satisfied once he had s*x already with Dianthe.
“Beside Brod, she is your soon-to-be stepmom, goodness!” Atty. Greg even rise his eyes upward like rolling marbles.
“Stop, you are hitting my conscience. I am just thinking Brod by the way, I know Dad can’t have s*x already; so you know, it is as if I will be my Dad’s representative.” Atty. Garette chuckled.
“Shuckkks Garette, your father will kill you once he knew that you have lustful desires for his soon-to-be wife.” Atty. Greg’s facial expression was comical.
“Something is actually bothering me Greg; if my father could not make Dianthe happy when it comes to s*x, I am darn sure that she will find someone else who could fulfill her needs.”
Atty. Greg fell silent and seemed to be in deep thought too. “Hmm, that is for you to find out Garette. If she will succumb to your advances that easily then she can do it most probably with other men. Well, that is just my opinion you know?”
IIDays ran fast. Atty. Garette has only a week to finish everything that he needs to do before returning to their ranch.“Garette, we have a very persistent woman who wanted you to handle her annulment case. We already told her that cases as simple as that is only being handled by our Junior Lawyers but she does not want to give up. She requested a meeting with you.” Atty. Hector told Atty. Garette while they were having their lunch in a restaurant near their office.
Atty. Garette furrowed. “I don’t want to handle cases like that. Tell her, I will be busy and will be in the office only once a month.”
We already told her that. “She said you met before.” Atty. Hector said again grinning.
“Goddamit. Assign Drew to her, maybe she just wanted to be f*cked! I am not interested.” Atty. Garette said laughing. Atty. Drew is their youngest, handsome lawyer, who like them is the epitome of playfulness when it comes to women.
Atty. Hector laughed out loud. “Don’t you want to see her? Well maybe just meet her then after signing our Engagement Agreement with her as her counsel, you can pass on the case to Drew. What do you think?”
“I don’t have time for her. I need to relax before going back to my father’s ranch.” Atty. Garette said while shaking his head.
“What if she can give you that relaxation you need hmmm?” Atty. Hector was persistent and trying to test all his patience.
Atty. Garette, looked at his friend and asked. “Do you have a picture of her? Unedited, okay?”“Of course, I do. Wait.” Atty. Hector opened his mobile phone and scrolled. After a while he showed her a woman wearing a two-piece red bikini swimsuit, standing by the pool in a Santorini type of resort.
Atty. Garette looked at the photo but he just smirked.
“So, not your type?” Furrowing, Atty. Hector asked Atty. Garette.
“Not quite, she seemed to be in her thirties already. You know me, I want younger women.” Atty. Garette stated while shaking his head.
“But looked at her, she might be in her thirties, but goodness, her bo*bs, her body, and maybe her t*ts are still looking so delicious.” Atty. Hector still tried to convince Atty. Garette.
“Gaddamit Hector, why not just f*ck her?” Atty. Garette was laughing at this friend who suddenly grinned and looked at him playfully.
“If I know, you cannot take any other women now because of Dianthe.” Atty. Hector whispered that made Atty. Garette suddenly fell silent.
Atty. Garette abruptly has been drowned in his thoughts. He also noticed that another woman has no effect on her unlike before when he did not meet yet Dianthe. To be honest, the woman Atty. Hector showed him, was actually still alluring and hot but he could not find that excitement to bed her.
“So, was I correct, lover boy?” Atty. Hector was in teasing mode now.
Atty. Garette just laughed at Atty. Hector and then his eyes suddenly grew wide. Someone is heading to their table, which he is so familiar with.
I“Holy cow, Hector, Brenda is coming. We need to go now.” Atty. Garette immediately stood up and walked going out of the restaurant followed by Atty. Hector, who just waved at the woman, who looked at them in return, while gritting her teeth.Brenda was the daughter of one of their clients, who made their law firm the retained counsel of his Company. The woman is actually an heiress to a motel conglomerate. “Garette, why are you running from Brenda? You had s*x already?” Atty. Hector's eyes were rolling like a ball in anticipation of Atty. Garette’s admittance.“Think what you want to think Hector, it might be true.” Atty. Garette grunted at Atty. Hector, and then walked fast going to their office. Upon arrival in the office, he gathered his things and decided to leave early. He has a hint that Brenda would follow him into his office.“Lina, if someone calls and looks for me, what your answer would be?” Atty. Garette asked, checking if her legal secretary still remembered his numbe
I“Oh, if only I can still handle your case Ms. Glacy, but my hands are truly tied right now because of family businesses and the current number of cases I handle. Don’t worry anyway, your case is in good hands with our assigned lawyer.” Atty. Garette replied to the woman after giving her an emotionless glance.Not too satisfied with Atty. Garette’s answer, Ms. Glacy smiled and replied, “That would be fine Atty. Garette, as long as I am allowed to call you or see you from time to time, should I have some confusion with what is happening in my case or complaints with your assigned Lawyer? Would that be okay Attorney? Garette?”His three Lawyer friends simultaneously looked at Atty. Garette, trying to control their laughter. They could already feel the hidden annoyance of Atty. Garette.Atty. Garette take a shot of the whisky in front of him and gave Ms. Glacy an expressionless look. “As long as it pertains to your case, that would be fine Ms. Glacy. I am a very busy man you know,” he
“What are you doing, Atty. Garette? Remove your hands from me,” she said, hissing, but he did not abide her. He even tightened his arm around her shoulders and kept her tucked beside him. When they sat down, Dianthe looked at Atty. Garette with disdain on her face. With raised eyebrows, Atty. Garette said in a very low voice, “Why, would you want to tell him that you are going to marry my father, who is more than twice your age?” His voice was mocking and she felt so disgusted. “Age does not matter, Atty. Garette; that is what I believed in,” spitefully, she replied to him. “Ow really? What if my father is a mere poor taho vendor? Would you still answer me like that?” With a smirk, he asked. “Yes. As long as he acts like a real human, a real man. Now satisfied with my answer, Atty. Garette?” She said while trying to paste a comical expression on her face. He laughed sarcastically and shook his head. “Really?” “Yeah, really,” she replied with a final tone. He just laughed again
I “Am I disturbing you?” Atty. Garette asked with a narrowed forehead. He entered his father’s room and did not even care if his fiancee was inside. Don Raffy looked up at his son and shook his head. “Not at all, son. I just asked Dianthe to change my shirt into something that I would feel more comfortable with.” “Ahh, I see. Dad, I need to hire my executive assistant, someone with experience in Resorts and Hotels, and it would be nice if she had a background working on a dairy farm and cattle ranch too.” Atty. Garette said while giving Dianthe a glance as she finally put on the new shirt of his father. Chuckling, Don Raffy shot his son with a mysterious smile. “No need Garette, I have already assigned Dianthe to assist you. We have hired a new male nurse to take care of me while she is working in the office with you.” Then he looked at Dianthe and smiled at her. The latter nodded and made a forced smile. Atty. Garette’s brows raised as he heard what his father had just said. He s
I “Dianthe, come to my office now,” Atty. Garette said the moment Dianthe picked up her office landline. Without waiting for her reply, he immediately hung up. He just wants to pester her. Atty. Garette grinned, waiting for her to come, retaliating. But, a few minutes passed, no Dianthe came into his office and he was the one who became pissed off. He stood up from his swivel chair and popped his head from his office door and looked at Dianthe, who was sitting so relaxed in her office chair. “Dianthe, I told you to come to my office, right?” Atty. Garette could not help to show his irritation. The whole staff, especially the women, simultaneously looked at their new CEO and gasped. “Goodness, Dianthe, can we just change position?” Jules, her harlot officemate murmured to Dianthe. “I will be glad if we can, Jules, but sadly, we cannot,” Dianthe said as she stood up and walked toward the CEO’s office. Jules followed Dianthe’s back with an envious look. The whole staff knew that Dian
I Atty. Garette went out of his office with knitted eyebrows to go home. He looks like a madman ready to amuck. Upon reaching their cattle ranch, he immediately went to his father’s room but he was not there. “Leila, where is Dad?” he asked the first maid that he saw while walking near his Dad’s room. “Ey Sir, he is with Ma’am Dianthe at the side of the swimming pool.” Leila, a woman in her late thirties, replied and smiled before excusing herself from Atty. Garette. Cursing, he went to his room instead. At that moment, Don Raffy and Dianthe were having some pizzas while discussing some important matters pertaining to Don Raffy’s health. Suddenly, the old man craved for the thin-crust pizza from a popular pizza house in their area. So, Dianthe had one big box of pizza delivered to them. “Dianthe, by the way, I have already called the HR Manager and told her about the new Executive Assistant that I appointed for Garette,” Don Raffy said, smiling mischievously. “He will enjoy havi
I Dianthe’s eyes automatically squinted as she heard the word spoken by the man that she just wanted to punch hours ago. She held her head up and smiled sarcastically. “You thought you knew me that much, Atty. Garette? What if you are wrong and you are making some libelous remarks against me? Don’t you think you deserve to be put in jail for grave slander?” smirking, Dianthe said. An amused laugh filled the air when Atty. Garette’s laughter burst out while Don Raffy tried to suppress his laughter too. “Dad, can you please tell my little soon-to-be stepmom here that she is dealing with a BAR topnotcher? She had better learn the law first before lecturing me about a slander case.” Controlling his laughter more, Atty. Garette mockingly said while looking at Dianthe. Don Raffy chuckled and sighed. “Garette stopped mocking Dianthe and did not piss her off more. What happened in the office, by the way?” “Well, well; one of my staff stormed out of my room demanding that I should always
I “Good morning Sir,” the woman at the door greeted Atty. Garette and once again he gritted his teeth. “Yes?” with raised eyebrows, he asked the woman. “Ahh Sir, I am your new Executive Assistant,” the woman said, smiling brightly. When Atty. Garette looked at her again from head to toe, disgust crept through his eyes as they narrowed once more. “Where did you come from?” “Ahmm, from the capital Sir.” “Are you going to this office to work or in a cabaret?” Disgustedly Atty. Garette said that made the woman’s smile automatically fade and was replaced with embarrassment. “Sir, I’m sorry?” Furrowing, the woman asked, unable to fully comprehend what Atty. Garette had said. “I don’t need a cabaret-looking woman inside my office, Ms. Jules nor need one as my executive assistant. I excuse you now, so please get out now.” Controlling his anger, Atty. Garette said that made the woman run out of his office. He lift up his landline phone and dialed the local number of their HR Manager