Wife is a Lawyer

"Hey, Theresa, stop it!" Peter huffed, seemingly displeased when hearing that.

"A nice relationship requires love from both sides. If Alvin and Adriana love each other, that would be the perfect choice for both of them. Besides, that girl from the Hendersons has been staying abroad till now. Perhaps she has got herself a boyfriend." Theresa smiled and continued, "Oops, I gotta handle the lobster first. Just wait for the feast."

While speaking, she walked into the kitchen.

Now only Adriana and Peter were left alone in the living room.

"You told Theresa to come here?" Peter frowned with alert.

"Don't you ever judge me like that. Theresa is my best friend. She has the right to drop by at any time."

But her sudden arrival indeed stunned Adriana, which had gone far beyond her expectation.

Fortunately, she managed to come up with a convincing excuse to dissolve Theresa's suspicion. At the thought of that, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"What an excellent liar! You didn't seem nervous at all while lying." Peter sneered in low voice.

"But thanks to you, Mr. Alston. You did a good job as well." Adriana refuted in mocking tone.

"Adriana, just call Alvin here to have dinner with us tonight." Theresa walked out of the kitchen while talking to Adriana, "I am the chef tonight. I bet you miss the dishes I cook."

"Oh, Alvin?" Adriana felt like getting stiff all over. She found it hard to figure out an excuse to say no.

She had just turned down the love confession from Alvin. If he showed up tonight, Theresa would definitely notice that she was just lying.

While she was hesitating, Peter suddenly uttered, "Well, Alvin..."

Before he could finish, someone knocked the door.

The three of them all paused, looking confused.

"Let me open the door." Theresa walked over to open the door.

It was Alvin.

Seeing that, she got a bit thrilled, "Oh, Alvin! I was about to invite you here for dinner. I didn't expect you actually showed up so soon."

Then she turned to look at Adriana, "Hey, Adriana, Alvin is here!"

Meanwhile, Adriana raised her head to look at Peter, frowning.

How came Alvin suddenly arrived?

But she still stood up and greeted, "Hi, Alvin, please come in."

"Oh, Theresa, Peter? You both have come?" while he was looking at them, a trace of awkwardness flashed across his eyes.

"Adriana, I need to talk to you." But he showed no intention to enter.

"Alvin, would you like to join us for dinner tonight? Oh, I almost forget that we need more food. Come on, let's go to the supermarket." Adriana took her phone and walked over to him.

It seemed that she could tell what Alvin wanted to talk about.

"Theresa, I will be back soon." Then she closed the door and walked into the elevator with Alvin.

Both of them remained silent during the following minutes.

As the elevator reached the ground floor, they walked forward.

Adriana was the first to break the ice, "Alvin, just go ahead."

"Adriana, I have been thinking about it..."

"Alvin!" when Alvin was about to continued, someone else suddenly cut in.

"Oh Alvin! It has been years! I miss you so much! You look more charming than before!"

A sweet voice rushed over to his ear.

Adriana started looking at this strange girl. With her blonde hair perfectly coiled, she looked cute with mere makeup on her face. She was wearing a slip bubble dress painted with both black and red. "Flora?" Alvin couldn't help frowning while looking at her. He took a glance at Adriana and turned to say to Flora, "When did you return? Why don't you tell me about it?"

Flora let out a sweet smile while holding his hand. She continued with lovely voice, "My brother drove me here just to bring you a surprise. Are you happy about that?" While hearing their conversation, Adriana could tell who she was perhaps this girl was exactly the one engaged with Alvin, who had been staying abroad for years. Obviously, she loved Alvin.

"I wanna tell you about it on the phone before we came. But Flora insisted that she wanna bring you a surprise. So I didn't make the call."

At this moment, a man in military uniform with black boots walked over. He looked imposing and stern. He appeared extraordinarily powerful while standing still.

But actually, Peter still appeared a bit more superior than him.

However, though Adriana showed no fear when facing Peter, she somehow got a bit frightened when looking at this man.

"Hey, Edward, stop." Flora pouted while complaining.

"Edward, it has been a long time."

Alvin nodded while swiftly withdrawing his hand from Flora's grip...

Then he continued, "Let me introduce her to you. Her name is Adriana, my..."

Before he could finish, Adriana suddenly cut in, "Hello, I am Adriana, a friend of Alvin in college."

Then she reached out her hand to Flora, "You must be Alvin's fiancée, right? You look so pretty. Alvin, you are getting me so jealous. Hey, Flora, you know what? He had been mentioning about you when you were abroad."

"Oh, really?" Flora smiled delightedly. Then she did a handshake with Adriana, "Adriana, nice to meet you. Oh, where are you going right now?"

Though Flora was wearing a sweet smile and appeared friendly when talking to Adriana, she could somehow notice that Flora was growing suspicious about her relationship with Alvin. Adriana was pretty sure about her guess.

"Alvin and Mr. Alston will have dinner in my apartment tonight. So we are going to get some food in the supermarket." Adriana mentioned about Peter deliberately.

As well-known as Peter had been around the city, she knew Flora had heard about his name.

By doing so, she could dissipate Flora's suspicion.

Adriana didn't want to start a relationship with Alvin. Nor did she wanna be an obstacle between Flora and Alvin. So she was trying to declare that she was just a friend of Alvin. Hearing that, Alvin looked a bit sulky. He stared at Adriana and was about to speak. But he still held it back.

"Peter is here?" Edward was a bit surprised.

"Yeah, both Peter and Theresa, his fiancée." Adriana took the initiative to reply though he was talking to Alvin.