Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 310 - 298: Characters (2)

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When Sienna Thornton mentioned Simon Forrester about Zane Forrester signing the divorce agreement, even Simon felt speechless.

Exploiting legal loopholes to deceive his own wife is clearly a regular tactic of a scoundrel.

Of course, Simon wouldn’t call his dad a scoundrel in front of Sienna. He used three words to describe Zane’s actions—disloyal.

Sienna also refrained from unnecessary comments. In the end, both of them speculated whether Zane would sign such an agreement.

Simon believed he would, while Sienna thought he wouldn’t.

A few days later, Sylvia Langley and Zane Forrester returned to Brimfield together, carrying the agreement to the law firm to meet Sienna Thornton, and under Sienna’s witness, Zane signed the paper stating that he would leave everything if he ever again acted violently towards Sylvia.

They scheduled a time to notarize the agreement, and Zane and Sylvia were ready to leave the law firm.

From the moment Zane entered the law firm, he didn’t glance at Sienna, while Sylvia, who had always treated Sienna coldly, became very enthusiastic.

She now considered Sienna a comrade in arms and not only didn’t oppose her marriage with Simon but even promised that once they got married, she would find the most famous wedding dress designer in Franland to design a gown for her.

Sienna didn’t feel particularly honored. The relationship between her and Sylvia had already improved significantly since that time Sylvia stayed at her and Simon’s apartment, wore her pajamas, and used her face masks.

Plus, Simon’s persuasion and the frequent phone calls between the two over the past month due to the divorce matter had unknowingly thawed all previous awkwardness in their relationship.

This indeed proved the saying—there are no eternal enemies.

Sylvia decided not to divorce, signed the relevant documents, and Sienna sent the reconciliation agreement to the lawyers in the United States, notifying them that they could withdraw the case from court.

Having scheduled the notarization procedures for when Zane and Sylvia return to the States, the American lawyers soon sent over their bill, while Cognitas prepared the timesheet bills for Sienna and Aurora.

The case dragged on for over a month, and the combined timesheet bills were astonishing.

Thinking of taking money from Simon’s pocket to pay her law firm, Sienna couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

Therefore, after dinner, when she took the bill to the study to give it to Simon, her expression wasn’t very good.

Two white envelopes were gently placed on the desk; Simon was focused on his computer, busy with the design of the villa they would live in after marriage.

He glanced at the envelope and asked, "What’s this?"

Sienna sat on the armrest of his office chair, her hands kneading his shoulders, and replied casually, "It’s the timesheet bill for your mom’s divorce case. They said I should give it directly to you, and you’d pay it."

Simon continued to stare at the computer, "Oh," he said, "do you want to use my phone’s banking app to transfer money yourself, or take the card from my wallet to swipe?"

Then he pointed his chin towards the phone tossed on a corner of the desk.

"No need, I’ve already handled the payment," Sienna continued to massage his shoulders, "but I still need you to take a look at the bill."

Once Simon heard she had paid the money already, his attention finally returned from the computer. He picked up the envelope, opened it, pulled out the bill, and flicked it straight to read.

That flicking action was really quite dashing.

Moved by the sight, Sienna’s mood subtly improved.

The bill consisted of several pages, listing various expenses item by item. Simon didn’t have time to look at the details and directly flipped to the last page to see the amount.

"I finally understand how you lawyers earn your millions a year," he laughed.

Sienna cocked an eyebrow proudly, "Indeed, did you think anyone can just become a lawyer? Even the legal codes alone could disgust you!"

Pointing to her bookshelf: "Look, the top row has thirty-some volumes of domestic and Anglo-American legal codes; I memorized them all."

Simon had seen her legal codes, and after a pause, he casually stashed the bill into the drawer before saying, "If I had known you in high school, I definitely wouldn’t have let you study law. Why should a girl work so hard? You even went on to do a doctorate, and covered two legal systems. You really..."

Self-torturing, huh?

"I can’t bear to see you work so hard," he finally said. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Having spent tens of thousands in the afternoon, Sienna’s heartache was gradually alleviated by Simon’s sincere words.

Unlike Simon’s face full of concern, she cheerfully held his neck and said, "If I didn’t work this hard, how would I have met you? Don’t you think? If I weren’t a lawyer, would we have known each other?"

"Of course!" Simon looked genuinely serious, "We’re destined to be together, we would meet regardless."

Sienna now felt that Simon had inherited some of Sylvia’s naïveté.

She and he were clearly two people who should never have crossed paths, and if not for that wrongful sexual misconduct accusation case, they truly wouldn’t have ended up together.

When it comes to emotions, he’s not only non-worldly but innocently cute.

"Hmm," Sienna decided to shatter his unrealistic innocence, "What if I were a teacher? How would we have met then?"

"Teacher?" Simon thought for a moment, then started laughing.

Seeing his mischievous smile, Sienna knew instantly he was about to say something to annoy her.

Sure enough, the next moment, Simon said, "One morning, Mr. Thornton rode his electric bike to work, and accidentally bumped into my million-dollar car, unable to pay for the damage, and had no choice but to accept a lifetime commitment!"

Mr. Thornton: "..."

Clearly, Simon had read quite a few romance novels.

Mr. Thornton stood up intending to leave, but Simon got addicted to the role-playing game, unexpectedly pulling her back, urging her to give a different identity, so he could imagine how they’d meet.

In these games, Sienna was always the poor girl, while he was always the aloof billionaire driving a million-dollar car.

Sienna rolled her eyes, indulging Simon’s role-playing desires: "Yoga instructor."

"One evening, I took Logan to a yoga class, and through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, the 1.7-meter-tall, enticing figure, donned in a pink yoga outfit, Coach Thornton saw me and fell in love at first sight..."

Coach Thornton: "Why would Logan do yoga?"

Simon, the aloof billionaire: "He overate and gained weight! Don’t interrupt! Again, again!"

"Supermarket cashier..."

Simon, the aloof billionaire: "One weekend, I went to the supermarket to buy milk, and at checkout, the cashier fell in love with me at first sight, and intentionally omitted a bottle of my milk from the bag. So, when I was about to leave, the cashier stopped me—’Hey, your milk!’ I turned around, revealing a smile that held hidden achievements—’No, that’s your milk!’"

Having spoken, he muttered to himself, "Hey wait, why do those lines sound familiar? Never mind, again!"

Sienna decided to hit him with something relentless: "Widow from the village!"

Simon, the aloof billionaire, was silent for a moment, turned off the lights, and never mentioned the role-playing session again.

Sienna tapped his foot: "Why so quiet like a chicken?"

Simon, the aloof billionaire: "I need to sleep early and wake early, live a long life, so you won’t become the village’s widow."

Sienna chuckled secretly, finally they could sleep now.