All Chapters of After Divorce, I Became A Hotshot Lawyer: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Josephine’s POV “Ooh, Mr Ian is not playing about his queen at all,” Alice singsang, as the messenger boy placed a wooden tray of various foods covered with a cling film with a bag, containing a bottle of water and a packet of apple juice, on my desk. “Who is whose queen?” Edison asked, coming over to my desk, a smile of mischief creasing his mouth, when he saw the food. “I see the queen now.” “Shut up, you both,” I said, as the messenger boy took his leave. “Does Ian own a country or what?” “Maybe,” Alice shrugged, as I tore the cling film open. “I call dips on the burger and stir-fry pasta.” “Glutton,” Edison retorted, to which Alice stuck out her tongue like Sabrina often did sometimes. “You are such kids,” I said, shaking my head. “Come and take whatever you want. I had lunch already.” “Thanks, babes,” Alice said, before taking a hamburger, and plating a portion of stir-fry pasta on one of the several paper plates that came with the food package. For the past three days, I

Josephine’s POV “By the way, Jo,” Alice said, as I grabbed my suitcase in preparation for my final meeting with Francesco. Tomorrow was the first and hopefully final hearing for the lawsuit, and in contrast to how scared I had felt the first time I had a meeting with Francesco, I felt lighter. “Yeah?” “I finally saw your client, Francesco De Luca, yesterday,” Alice said, and my heart jolted as I waited for her to continue speaking. “He's way hotter than in the blogs. Damn, that man is fine as fuck. How can someone be so handsome? You sure he wasn't created by Adonis?” “He's alright, I guess,” I shrugged, hoping I seemed nonchalant. “To think you have a boyfriend yet here you are thirsting over other men,” Edison quipped, and Alice scoffed. “Oh, please. I'm just saying, it's not like I want to fuck the man or something. I'm just admiring a gorgeous creature.” Alice defended herself. “Alright, I don't want to be late to my meeting. I'll see you guys later,” I said, befo

Josephine’s POV Climbing out of bed, I let out a huge yawn before peeling off my clothes and heading into the bathroom for a warm shower.When I was done, I donned a bathrobe and wrapped my hair in a towel before stepping out of the bathroom and trekking into my walk-in closet to pick out my outfit for the day.My one week leave had started today, and my plan for the day was for Sabrina and myself to spend the entire day there, as my daughter was on mid-term break.It had been a week since I last saw Francesco, and for some odd reasons, I found myself thinking about him even more these days.Changing into a sundress which I paired with a denim jacket and white sneakers, I made my way to Sabrina's bedroom.On getting to her bedroom, I was surprised to see her fully dressed and sitting quietly on her bed.“Good morning, mummy,” She greeted. “Are we going to Nana's place now?”Smiling, I nodded, “Good morning, baby. Yes. You dressed yourself up, huh?”“Yes, mummy,” Sabrina replied, as I

Josephine’s POV A smile of satisfaction curved my lips as I looked at my reflection in the mirror.Clad in a backless purple turtleneck dress made with soft silk, I looked beautiful. I had done my makeup to the best of my ability and thankfully, it came out really nice.Even nicer than I expected.Running my hands down my hips, I stared at my empty wrists, inwardly deliberating whether or not to leave them bare.Glancing at the wall clock, I saw that I had about fifteen minutes left before Ian would come pick me up, so I decided to wear chunky silver bangles.Thereafter, I slid into my pair of silver heels, grabbed my silver clutch purse, and blew my reflection a kiss.As I trekked downstairs, the doorbell rang, causing me to smile.It seemed Ian had decided to come earlier.With a huge exhale, I opened the door and there Ian was, smartly dressed in a grey suit.“You look gorgeous, Jo,” He said, blue eyes regarding him. “Breathtaking even.”“Thanks,” I replied. “You too.”“I'm flatte

Josephine’s POV “Guess whose boyfriend is planning a summer vacation to Bali?”Alice said, as she entered the office. “By the way, good morning, babes.”“Good morning to you too,” I replied, smiling as I spun on my swivel chair to face hers. “You are really going to Bali with Kieran?”“Yes, babe,” She shrieked, looking at Edison's chair. “He's not coming in today?”“His leave started today,” I replied, and Alice oohed.“I can't believe I even forgot,” She said. “Back to the topic of the vacation, Kieran is secretly planning the vacation. I think he doesn't want me to know about it yet.”“That's great, girl,” I said. “I'm so happy for you.”“Thanks, Jo,” Alice giggled. “I'm happy too. I saw on his phone that he'd booked two tickets for June. By the way, did you see the news about that psycho American doctor?”“No, I didn't,” I asked, and she huffed. “What happened?”“Let me show you just how evil some people can be. The whole thing is too wild,” Alice said, passing me her phone. “Read