All Chapters of Rise Of The Undefeated Lawyer : Chapter 21
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Chapter Twenty-One: Return Of The Defeated Lawyer
Jake paced endlessly in the office. Gabriella who stood right by his side kept batting her lashes while the head of departments sat there dumbfounded. They kept exchanging confused expressions at intervals but none of them dared make a sound.It had been a full week since Kate Finn was discharged from the hospital but she hadn’t been to the company at all. The doctor had strictly placed her on bed rest which, even Vince had insisted she remained on. For the first time in the history of Peak Hills, the CEO had called an all out meeting in his office to rant about their firm’s management.Jake wasn’t capping any words. He pointed each of it out exactly as Vince had suggested. He made sure they had filtered out some truth that wasn’t supposed to be known to the CEO, but some that could have been assumed that a secretary could dig up.“As I said earlier,” Jake said with a more firm tone “the company is going to be restructured and this will be strictly done on merit, which Miss Carris he
Chapter Twenty-Two: New Dawn
“Can I take a look at a mirror again?”Brian laughed heartily alongside Vince who acted like he was overwhelmed. Everyone in the office clapped him except his greatest haters, Bernard and Amber. He was getting transferred to the CEO floor as an executive assistant. An opportunity any of the other employees would wish for.“Congratulations Mr Finn, your ancestors had amazing foresight to choose such a remarkable name for you.” One of them joked and the others laughed too.Bernard scoffed. He couldn’t hold back his steaming jealousy. He knew he needed to feel good about himself, so he decided to butt in during the happy time.“Well, maybe becoming the CEO’s shadow is worth celebrating. I wouldn’t know of course, I am too good for such and….”“I would gladly be CEO Vince Finn’s shadow, Mr Harris.” One of the female employees said dreamily.Amber eyed the younger woman maliciously.The week hadn’t been the best for her so far, but it made it worse when she heard about the CEO’s decision
Chapter Twenty-Three: Probed
“Slut!” That was the first thought that filled Bernard’s thought. He couldn’t take his eyes off Amber as she tried helping Vince into the VIP elevator. He hadn’t seen this scenario happening at all, especially when they had both just finalized their wedding date. Bernard grumbled within himself, “I was used by everyone “ A few days earlier, Bernard had sat in that boring meeting with the CEO who had pointed out Vince Finn’s foolishness. He had thought it was the final moment to kick him out of Peak Hills until he realized that he had successfully assisted the lowlife to upscale his career. Bernard couldn’t watch it all anymore. He angrily returned to his office but before he could settle down, one of the staff rushed into his office. “Mr Harris, there is a problem.” “What is happening?” “Take a look.” Bernard looked at the phone screen that the young man brought to him. When it came to light, he snatched the phone from him. A video footage of himself trying to sexually moles
Chapter Twenty-Four: The hearing
Jake breathed out sharply. He hadn’t been this nervous in a long while. Everything was happening so fast and he wondered where this pretense was headed. He shrugged his shoulders at last.What right did he have to develop a cold feet after praying desperately to God for a way to save the woman he loved? Now that her surgery had turned out successful from the money he was paid, he needed to hold up his own end of the bargain even if that meant facing another person’s battle.Knock it off Jake, you’ve got this!He pushed open the glass doors leading to the conference room. Vince and Gabriella were seated behind a giant leather chair which was meant for him.“I apologize for my lateness gentlemen and ladies, I was caught up on something .” He said to the board of directors that sat at the opposite end of the room.“Oh Mr Finn, it is no problem. Since we are all here, can we start the hearing now?” A grey haired woman said, smiling brightly at him.Some of the other directors, Mr Fudge i
Chapter Twenty-Five: Close to Defeat
“Do you have anything to say to this, Mr Finn?” Jake questioned.Vince got up on his feet, his eyes scanned through the conference room. Bernard knew that the case wasn’t going his way, so dragging Vince who had a previous criminal record down with him wouldn’t be a hassle. He didn’t plan to involve Amber but somehow ended up doing so.“Mr Finn, if I may?” Gabriella stood up and raised her hand.Jake turned his attention to her, he tried pretending to be offended by her but nevertheless he gave her the opportunity to speak. Vince on the other hand drew back, waiting for Gabriella’s action.“Thank you Mr Finn. Actually, we made a copy of this document when Mr Vince Finn, the desk clerk, submitted this to the CEO’s office. Don't you think he might be innocent?” Murmurs erupted in the audience. The board of directors all had something to whisper but one word from Jake, they all fell silent at once.“We do not deal with assumptions Miss Carris, you should know better.” Jake snapped back.
Chapter Twenty-Six: What Wasn't Meant To Be
“Here is my verdict. In compliance with the stated rule of conduct in this law firm, Mr Bernard Harris would be subjected to a demotion to the position of office assistant in his department or….” “What!” Bernard screamed, cutting Jake off his announcement. Jake didn’t budge, he just read on from the paper he was holding. “Or you could take a voluntary retirement instead. You will be duly compensated if you agree to the latter and…..” “Agree to the latter? Jesus Christ! I spent seventeen years of my life working for this law firm already. Which firm would want me now that I am older and…..” “Don’t ever cut me off again, Mr Harris!” Jake said suddenly. Bernard swallowed the lump at the base of his throat. Jake’s authoritative aura emerged at that point. Each word he said sounded so personal as if he had always detested Bernard. “I am sorry Mr Finn.” Bernard said calmly. He kept fiddling with a pen he was holding and his mind wandered around. He didn’t know what was going to happe
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Crush On
“I know you are meant to act poor but may I take you home…sir?” Vince looked up and his eyes met Gabriella. She shrugged her shoulders lazily, she knew she had to break the uncomfortable silence in the room since Vince stopped watching the CCTV footage from earlier. She could feel his pain because she had heard about his history with Amber but she wasn’t going to let the remnant of the pain from it break him. “Why would you want to do that for me, Miss Carris?” “Can I be unprofessional for thirty seconds, Mr Finn?” Gabriella turned toward Jake Darius who understood her instantly, he cleared his throat and excused himself to the restroom. Vince didn’t outrightly respond to her question. He just faced her and his attention rested on her. “This is something you might hate to hear, Mr Finn, but if you really want your revenge tactics to be successful, you have to completely detach yourself from Miss Reed.” “I didn’t say that I still love her.” Vince responded defensively. “Yes, b
Chapter Twenty-Eight: For What It Is Worth
Amber couldn’t stop the flowing of her tears. Her hand shook as she stared intently at the date stated in the email she had just received. She put her hand to her stomach and rubbed it gently. Her heart was heavy with guilt.It was less easy the first time but aborting another unwanted pregnancy didn’t get any easier.Her mother Maria placed her well manicured fingers on her shoulder and patted them gently.“You are making the right decision my love.”“Mum, can’t I at least keep the baby? I want a kid for myself.”“You want a distraction Amber. Kids should only be born in a safe and wealthy environment.”Amber let out a deep breath. “Was I a distraction for you? I mean when you had me?”Maria pulled back slowly. She hadn’t expected such an outrageous question from Amber who had barely been curious about her father when she was much younger. Maria had lied to her that her father was dead when Infact, she was a mistress to a married man.“Well, at that time, I was left with difficult ch
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Plain Old Fashioned Way
Vince wasn’t having this. His eyes rested on Bernard whose posture appeared arrogant. It infuriated Vince more, that the man didn’t seem as broken as he had expected him to be. “I do not answer to either of you anymore.” Vince responded coldly and walked out on the duo.He heard a scoff from behind him but he couldn’t be certain who had made the sound. Before either of them could scold him, he disappeared to the cafeteria where he had his lunch and usual chat time with the head chef.The day ended more boring than Vince had anticipated, but the next day overshadowed it.Too many dramas unfolded in the wee hours of the morning, when Bernard Harris dropped a message in the group chat, that Amber Reed hadn’t handled group work perfectly.Everyone knew he had done that to undermine her reputation and leadership skills but to everyone’s surprise, Amber wasn’t shaken. Instead, her response to Bernard’s unwanted observation was subtle.“What would you have done differently, Mr Harris?”Ever
Chapter Thirty: Bloom Late
“She is actually a….”“Let’s get out of here Mr Finn.” Gabriella shouted, stopping Primrose halfway. The man closest, tried to grab Primrose but she punched him and they ran out of the bar. Gabriella requested that Vince hand over his keys to her which he did immediately. Every fiber in his body focused on the truth he yearned to hear.To his surprise, Primrose refused going with them and she waved down a passing cab while Gabriella zoomed off immediately.Vince was baffled but he just sat calmly in the car waiting for Gabriella to speak, but when she remained tight-lipped, he knew he had to talk.They were in the middle of a busy street and they were getting close to the Peak Hills company building, but Vince couldn’t hold out his curiosity anymore. He shot Gabriella with a suspicious look and held up his hand to her face.“Stop the car.”As if she was a robot, Gabriella brought the car to a halt after carefully diverting to the left side of the road.“Tell me what is going on here,