Chapter 178: Slacking From Work
Lana woke up late, and her eyes widened seeing the time. She jumped out of the bed, straightened her dress, fixed her hair and came out in haste, but her face paled when she entered Liam's office.
'So irresponsible!' she inwardly cried, seeing a few pairs of eyes fixed on her.
Liam was on the couch with a few other lawyers and interns, discussing an important matter. How Lana wished the ground to open and eat her up in whole at that moment. She slightly bowed to greet everyone and immediately walked back to her area.
It was already four, and Liam did not wake her up. But that was not the problem. Lana gulped at those questioning stares at her when she suddenly went out of Liam's private room. That freaking secret room that looked simply like a wall was now exposed and everyone saw her coming out of it in a not so good state!
'What would they think?' she helplessly mused. She did not even want to know.
She looked at her mobile phone and saw Steven's message.
[Everyone is talking about you and your relationship with the CEO. It all started because of your exchanging words with the Vice Chairman.]
A frustrated sigh escaped her lips. And now those who were talking with Liam would probably go back and confirm her relationship with Liam to everyone. She knew how things worked inside the company. There would be a lot of rumors about her, and the worst part was her capabilities to be overshadowed because of her connection with Liam. It was the last thing she wanted.
She still had a week's time left to complete her internship. A week where she would have to endure the gossip about her and all the talking behind her backs.
As soon as everyone left Liam's office, Lana came out stomping her feet.
"Why didn't you wake me up!" she grunted with a crumpled face.
"You looked so tired and sleepless, so I felt bad waking you up. After all, it was me who tired you out, and I knew you needed proper rest." Liam commented.
Lana sat down on the couch with her arms crossed together.
"I bet I'm on the trending news and hottest topic right now in this building. An intern who is sleeping with her boss." she mumbled with irritation because she knew she was responsible for this carelessness.
'Why didn't I message Liam and ask him before running outside and bumping into so many people sitting there.' Lana mused irritably.
"So? We can tell them we're husband and wife." Liam nonchalantly commented as he grabbed the teacup and started to pour some tea for Lana.
"Stop it, Liam. You know how important it is for me to succeed on my own without any backup. I don't want to become a parasite, leeching off others' success all my life. I've been like that for years now, even with my mom. I want to achieve something with my own hard work." Lana mumbled.
Liam nodded because he understood what she wanted. "So what's your plan going to be now?"
"After my internship, I have no choice but to apply in a different firm. I think the only firm that will suit me, seeing the scenario that had been built up here, is the one in competition with yours." Lana informed her, and she already had a firm on her mind.
"Are you thinking about…" Liam paused and Lana nodded.
"Yeah, Yao law firm. I will try my luck there. I'm sure your name won't be incorporated with me once I work there instead of other firms where you still have a good connection."
"No way!" Liam burst. She could go to any law firm except to Noah Yu's firm!
Lana's eyebrows raised up in surprise as she looked at him. And then he realized he overreacted.
"I mean there are a lot more firms to choose from… except Yao law firm. They even poached a lot of my lawyers and tried to poach many of my key lawyers." He stated but he could not dare say that Yao was not a good firm because it was all over the news already. How the said firm was making its name famous and almost all magazines said that it was the only firm that could compete with the leading Sy law firm, though the Sy law firm still stood on the top.
"I also honestly believe that it's not good for the two of us to work in the same space. I mean, we tend to mix personal stuff into work. Like just now, instead of working through the afternoon we had uhm… we rolled between the sheets and shared the bed and I ended up slacking from work… I just wanted to inform you about my plans, Liam. I will now go back to work."
Liam wanted to complain, but he controlled himself and watched Lana walk back to her room.
He went back to his chair and massaged his chin, thinking hard about ways on how to handle the situation at hand where he would not look so clingy to freak Lana out.
His mind was running like electricity and trying to find out ways to stop Lana from joining the Yao's firm. He did not like Noah Yu from the start. There was something about him that made him uneasy. Or probably it was because he did not like how Noah Yu looked at Lana. His eyes showed obvious traces of adoration with how he stared at Lana.
Liam heaved a long, deep sigh. Lana had a point because he himself knew that only the Yao?law firm was the better choice that she could enter aside from his firm. Yao law firm had proved to be very competent as soon as the company was transferred to Noah Yu's ownership. The man was very capable of managing all his businesses very well, including the law firm.
He looked at Lana's direction and smiled. She came out of his private room in a hurry without even checking first if there were any other people sitting outside. "Silly tigress. She should keep her blinds open. I can't see her annoyed, beautiful face," he whispered with a grin.
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