Forbidden Red

Chapter 4

I spent half of my morning in court since Mr. Samuelson did not agree that his children be with his wife. All the presented evidence showed that he would get drunk often, come home late, and beat his children and wife, however he continued to deny that it was him. At the end of the case, the judge agreed that the children stay with Mrs. Samuelson and that he be put on a restraining order.

The last two days have been hectic for me in terms of this case, and I'm thankful because it put to rest my questioning thoughts of Adair and I's accidental bump in. I didn't understand what a billionaire was doing at a park and why he was there. Regardless, I had no time to ponder for too long thanks to the Samuelson case.

Walking into my office, I put my handbag and laptop down. I'm starving and I still have an hour and a half till Mr. and Mrs. Adair come in. I decide to ask Aaliyah if she wants to go out for lunch, but see her busy talking to another client on the phone. There were a lot of other lawyers who work in the firm, but I like to keep my circle of people I interact with small.

Walking out of the firm, I settle on going to the my favorite cafe, Cafe Alosa. Cafe Alosa has the best sandwiches and wraps at a very good price and they make it very fast, perfect for a busy lawyer like me.

"Hi there, how can I help you today?" A short brunette smiles as I make my way to the front of the cash register.

"Could I get a falafel wrap and one iced tea please." I say.

"Sure thing! Anything else?"

"No thank you that's all." I say taking my credit card out to pay.

Grabbing my food, I sit down by the window and eat my wrap and check my emails when I see a Bugatti La Voiture Noire pass by.

"Holy shit. Is that?" I say in shock.

Who else could own a $12.5 million car.

I'm about to grab my stuff and head out when I take a look at my watch. It's only 1:10pm and his appointment doesn't start till 1:30pm. I quickly call Yasmin to check if he's in the office and she says no.

Sitting back down, I decide to finish my lunch. I'm starving and his appointment didn't start till 1:30pm. If he was there he had to wait. There was no way I was going to let his billionaire status push me around.

Walking back, I'm met with the Bugatti again along with another black jeep parked behind it with two large body guards standing outside of it. Dressed from head to toe in black, both hold a gun to their chest earning confused looks from people walking by, and forcing some to even move away from them to create distance.

Of course, what else did I expect from a billionaire couple.

One of the guards looks at me as I walk by and I shoot him a smile but his lips remain in a tight line and he looks back to the firms enterance totally ignoring my greeting.

What an asshole.

Making my way into my room, I let out a sigh of nervousness and frustration. I've never been nervous for a meeting with clients or even in the court room. For some reason I don't understand why I am today. In terms of frustration, if the Adairs' are anything like their bodyguard I don't think I'll be able to take the case. I absolutely hate rude and obnoxious people.

But he did apologize for bumping into me.

Just as I'm about to sit down Aaliyah bursts into my office.

"Oh my gosh, Aaliyah what happened?!" I exclaim putting my hand to my heart.

"You won't believe who I just saw downstairs in the lobby." She smiles widely.