My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 1803

But I knew that he was just like me, constantly worrying way too much about Anne's safety.

Children wouldn't know how to read between the lines of what adults talk about, and they would only do whatever adults tell them to. Anne nodded obediently, "Yes! Uncle Aaron, I understand! I'll make a lot of friends. I'll try my best to become a hero!"

A child's innocence could easily clear away your troubles and worries. With her smile alone, we became so much more relaxed. So, we said nothing more and allowed Josiah to take her in.

That time, as I looked at Mr. Clark and Anne, who were walking hand in hand, the heaviness I felt in my heart was the same as the last time.

Aaron leaned over all of a sudden and said confidently, "Don't worry. I've arranged a teaching assistant for Josiah to ensure that he won't ever be alone with Anne."

With that in mind, I could finally feel at ease.

After Milleon's court session, he attracted the attention of several reporters. There were always reporters waiting outside the courtroom, and there were just as many onlookers inside.

I was surprised to see Zoel standing at the defendant's bench. He'd just gotten his lawyer's license, but he'd filed a lawsuit on behalf of Serene, an influential figure of the business world. For lawyers, this wasn't only an affirmation of strength but also a great honor.

However, even if Zoel tried his best to defend her, in the face of countless hard evidence, he could never gain the advantage over Fabian.

The verdict was that the Forbes Investment Company was required to pay eighty percent of the funds contributed by Milleon, which came to a total of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

Exiting the court, Milleon saw that he had a high chance of winning, so he went out to celebrate. Zoel and his assistant then caught up with us.

"What's the matter, Mr. Parker? As a lawyer, you should know that when you contact the witnesses in private, you could get your license revoked." Fabian was sharp-tongued in court, but he wasn't to be trifled with in private either.

"Of course I know that, but I'm talking to Miss Reid. That not against the rules," Zoel replied.

The results were clear. As rivals, what did we have to talk about?

Although I didn't know what Zoel had in mind, I agreed to head to the break room with him, alone.

"If you have something to say, just say it, Mr. Parker." If he wanted me to ask Fabian to be merciful, I would never do that.

"Miss Reid, straightforward as always. In this case, I won't beat around the bush. My client hopes that you can persuade Mr. Koch to withdraw the charges and settle this in private. As for compensation, my client is willing to settle for two hundred thousand dollars."

I was bewildered to hear him say that. They had been so indifferent to Milleon, but right then, they wanted to settle it in private. What were they up to?

Seeing as I had fallen silent, Zoel took a deep breath and continued to explain, "The Forbes family and the Koch family are two very powerful families in Jarold City. There is no need to ruin their relationship over two hundred thousand dollars. Miss Forbes' investment will prove to be Mr. Koch's largest profit maker in the future. Will Miss Reid be satisfied with this?"

"Are you asking me?" I played dumb and said, "Mr. Parker, I'm afraid you've messed everything up. The plaintiff in this lawsuit is Milleon. I'm just an assistant to the attorney. I'm afraid I won't be of much help."

Zoel probably hadn't expected me to be so unwilling to cooperate. He frowned and was obviously displeased, "Miss Reid, please stop joking around. There is no other law firm in the city that would dare take over this lawsuit, yet yours did, so as you can see, the root of the problem has nothing to do with Mr. Koch."