Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 240 - 237: The People Are Yours, the Money Is Yours, Everything Is Yours!

Chapter 240: Chapter 237: The People Are Yours, the Money Is Yours, Everything Is Yours!

Simon Forrester snorted when he heard it, "That’s just like Bianca Fordham. Out of ten employee disputes, nine are related to her rigid management. In a case like this, they would have settled for two hundred thousand before. Didn’t pay the two hundred thousand, now we need to pay two million! Of that extra one point eight million, six to seven hundred thousand is mine!"

As he massaged Sienna Thornton’s foot, he was pained by the loss of his tens of thousands.

Sienna Thornton had been running around all day in pointy high heels, and her feet were now sore and aching. They were resting on the sofa arm, and Simon Forrester naturally massaged them for her.

She squinted at him and suddenly remembered that man who had been having an affair with Ms. Anwell for years. Did his wife know she’d been betrayed by her partner?

Probably not. Workplace affairs, as long as the secrecy is kept well, are hard for the partner to discover.

Marriage, ah! Sigh.

Hearing her sigh, Simon Forrester looked over, his hands still massaging her feet, and asked with concern, "Why are you sighing for no reason?"

Sienna Thornton also looked at him, suddenly leaned forward, cupped his face with her hands, and asked earnestly, "If we’ve been married for many years and we’re as familiar with each other as family, with not a hint of novelty, and it so happens that your secretary is young, beautiful, likes you, and is willing to be your lover without any title, would you betray me?"

Simon Forrester’s eyes darted around. He stayed keenly alert to this kind of life-or-death question, quickly running a family ethics drama through his mind, and responded with strong survival instinct, "How could I have a female secretary?! You think Harrison Rowe is dead?!"

"Oh, I see—" Sienna Thornton drew out the words, and then asked, "But what if Harrison Rowe is willing to turn you gay?!"

Simon Forrester felt like vomiting at the thought but held it back, putting on a pained expression, "... As a good man who loves his wife, there shouldn’t be any other creature around me except for my wife!"

Sienna Thornton burst into laughter, laughing until her stomach hurt, and only then did she talk about collecting evidence from Ms. Anwell’s lover’s side at night.

Upon hearing that, Simon Forrester’s eyes lit up, focusing entirely on the money: "So, you’ve managed to get my tens of thousands back?"

"Hehe, yes!" Sienna Thornton buried her face in his arms like a child showing off, "I saved you so much money, don’t you think I’m great?"

Another life-or-death question!

Simon Forrester quickly cupped her face, lowered his head to kiss the corner of her lips, and boasted, "My Candy is the best! But don’t just think about saving money for me, also think about spending it. Don’t I earn money just to spend it on you? You own me, the money, everything!"

This was practically a textbook-perfect answer.

Mmm, Simon Forrester was safe tonight.

But he still had to massage her feet, cook the night snack, wash and hang the clothes, and warm the bed.

He was perfectly happy to do it all.

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The next day, Ms. Anwell and her lawyer arrived at Cognitas on time.

Rochelle Linwood came over to call Sienna Thornton when she was on the phone with Zane Forrester in the United States, gesturing to Rochelle Linwood to wait a moment.

Nolan Kramer saw that half a month had passed and the case hadn’t been resolved, and it had reached Zane Forrester, who called, though his tone was still kind, it was clear he was not very happy.

Because Ms. Anwell had not formally withdrawn the lawsuit, Sienna Thornton hadn’t reported the progress to Zane Forrester. Upon hearing she hadn’t achieved much, Zane Forrester said, "If you guys can’t handle it, let Nolan Kramer hire an outside lawyer to take care of it! If it drags on, it will negatively impact The Forresters!"

After saying that, he hung up.

Sienna Thornton looked at the phone, now a busy signal, and sneered, "Could wait for two years, but not two weeks?"

Rochelle Linwood: "Lawyer Thornton, Ms. Anwell and her lawyer are here."

Sienna Thornton snapped back to reality, grabbed her phone, and went over.

Ms. Anwell and her lawyer were sitting in the small meeting room next door. Sienna Thornton went in, introduced herself warmly, and thoughtfully asked to see how Ms. Anwell’s hand was recovering.

Ms. Anwell was quite cautious, not letting her see, hanging her head low, raising her dark, round eyes, which looked somewhat sorrowful, to size her up.

Sienna Thornton thought: She’s quite a pretty married woman, but her mental state really doesn’t look good.

Perhaps out of pity, she suddenly didn’t want to play those recordings in front of Ms. Anwell’s lawyer, so she handed her phone over to show Ms. Anwell the screenshots of a WeChat chat she took from that man’s phone.

Ms. Anwell, upon seeing it, was shocked beyond belief, trembling uncontrollably, her large eyes filling with tears of fear.

Her lawyer, seeing something was wrong, quickly demanded that Sienna Thornton show what she had just given to Ms. Anwell.

Sienna Thornton didn’t give it, instead asked Ms. Anwell if she wanted her lawyer to see it.

Ms. Anwell shook her head, then nodded, presenting a highly conflicted and confused state.

Seeing she was unable to make a decision like this, Sienna Thornton could only let her lawyer see it. The lawyer, after viewing it, immediately declared righteously, "These were fabricated by you! You should know such things cannot be submitted as evidence in court!"

Sienna Thornton looked coolly at Ms. Anwell and advised, "Ms. Anwell, you know in your heart whether the chat records are fake. I also have that man’s recordings, which detail your years-long affair, and how you made mistakes at work due to his neglect, resulting in your hand injury, and how he broke up with you after your injury, causing you to confess that you became depressed because of it. All of this is recorded. If you insist on suing The Forresters, we will apply to have him testify in court as a witness. By then, not only will you likely lose the case, but your family will also learn about this history..."

At this point, Sienna Thornton stopped speaking.

Ms. Anwell cried, devastated.

Sienna Thornton thought she was a bit pitiful, but as the saying goes, those to be pitied often have a reason for it.

In the end, Ms. Anwell sobbed and agreed to withdraw the lawsuit, only begging Sienna Thornton not to expose this to her family.

Out of compassion, Sienna Thornton stated that The Forresters was still willing to compensate her for a year’s worth of lost wages and rehab costs, only that they couldn’t be held responsible for the inability to work due to depression.

Ms. Anwell understood and immediately instructed her lawyer to withdraw the lawsuit.

Before she left, Sienna Thornton said a few last words to her, encouraging her to live well with her husband and not be lost in a wrong relationship with a man who didn’t care about her. In adult life, everyone is busy, and love largely looks like someone willing to spend time with you.

She said it, but whether Ms. Anwell listened was unknown.

This was a satisfactory resolution, both for The Forresters and Ms. Anwell.

When reporting this to Nolan Kramer, he looked a bit surprised, asking, "Didn’t Mr. Thornton claim he only handled foreign economic cases, not able to handle this type of infringement case?"

Sienna Thornton couldn’t help but give a cold laugh, responding rhetorically, "Is this type of case harder than foreign economic cases?"

Nolan Kramer hesitated for a moment, quickly changing the subject, "How did you talk to the other side? Cut the compensation from two million to two hundred thousand?"

Sienna Thornton obviously wasn’t going to reveal her tactics on finding clues or deducing the case, merely downplaying, "Things are done and prices are negotiated. Often, actions alongside theory can resolve matters. If handled smoothly at the start, things wouldn’t escalate like this."

Detecting her insinuation that he was not doing practical work, Nolan Kramer’s maintained smile faded slightly, but he could only maintain a cold facade, facing her with no retort.