Reborn as Mr.CEO's Fat Wife-Chapter 839 Lawyer Jones Smiled at Me

After Mrs. Jones left, Catherine Ford took out the remaining box of cake and cookies and placed it on the dining table, "Lawyer Jones, there is another box of cake and cookies for you here."

She initially wanted to say if you don’t like them, you can give them to someone else, but felt it was inappropriate, and after saying that, she went into the kitchen.

Benjamin Jones looked at the cookies, noticeably one box fewer than what his mother had, and thought about the expression on his mother’s face when she left. His gaze on the box on the table turned dark and profound. In the open kitchen, Catherine Ford was checking the items old Dad gave to Benjamin Jones, the more she looked the more embarrassed she felt, she looked up, preparing to ask the man how to handle these, and then saw Benjamin Jones looking sternly at the cake and cookies she placed on the table, panic stirred within her, does he dislike these things?

"How about I take them back later?" Catherine Ford asked courageously.

"No need." Benjamin Jones came to his senses, picked up the two boxes on the table, and went upstairs.

Catherine Ford watched the man’s tall and resolute figure, somewhat confused, what does he really mean?

But her little mind pondered for a long time and couldn’t figure it out, so she simply stopped troubling herself and focused on her tasks.

It was already 9:00, Catherine Ford dared not delay further, she cooked millet pumpkin porridge for the man, made two soft and fragrant egg pancakes, took out the cured meat brought by her father, made a stir-fry of winter bamboo shoots with cured meat, mixed some black fungus, then placed it on the dining table and called out, "Lawyer Jones, breakfast is ready."

Benjamin Jones had changed clothes, descended from the second floor slowly and methodically, already showered, looking refreshed. The stern look earlier while staring at the cake had disappeared. He sat at the dining table, glanced at Catherine Ford wearing an apron, "Has Alice eaten?"

"She’s eaten, she had breakfast early."

"Hmm." Benjamin Jones nodded elegantly and started eating his breakfast, but it was obvious that he didn’t have as much appetite as usual. Catherine Ford, who was cleaning up the kitchen, thought to herself whether today’s meal was not to Lawyer Jones’s taste. Just then, the man spoke again, "Pack the leftovers for me, I’ll take them to the office."

"Ah? Okay." Catherine Ford responded after a moment, then understood what the man meant. After thinking for a moment, she made two more pancakes, cut them into equal diamond shapes after they slightly cooled, and packed them in a lunch box, also neatly arranging the remaining dishes, reminding Benjamin Jones, "Just heat it up in the microwave when you eat."

Benjamin Jones, already dressed, took the insulated box Catherine Ford handed to him, and as he turned to leave, he suddenly said, "From now on, drop the honorifics when addressing me."

"Ah?" Catherine Ford responded blankly, watching the man’s departing figure, not quite understanding, she touched her head, was he indicating that using honorifics made him feel old?

Thinking this, Catherine Ford nodded to herself, it really seemed that way.

But it was also because she was too nervous in front of Lawyer Jones, unconsciously using honorifics.

After seeing Benjamin Jones off to his car, Catherine Ford swiftly tidied up the kitchen, then took Alice to the daycare.

Today, Benjamin Jones drove himself, and by the time he reached the office, it was already 11:00. He had just started to settle down when the secretary knocked on his door, "Lawyer Jones, is lunch as usual today?"

"No need," Benjamin Jones answered without even looking up.

The secretary slightly surprised, "Then are you going to the company cafeteria? I can arrange it."

"No need," Benjamin Jones refused again.

The secretary was somewhat puzzled. It seemed that Lawyer Jones had no engagements this noon. He was just thinking about this when he finally saw his boss look up, then took out a paper bag from one side and handed it to him, "Heat this up for me."

"...Okay." The secretary took the paper bag and discovered three insulated lunch boxes inside, realizing that the BOSS had brought his own lunch. Although he found it strange, he didn’t think too much about it since the BOSS’s mother had also delivered meals before. However, when he took out the lunch boxes, he found a note which was not flirtatious, just instructions on how many minutes to heat each dish and how to do it. This was enough to petrify the secretary who had been with Benjamin Jones for many years.

"Secretary Noah, what’s wrong with you?" Just as Seamus Noah was petrified, his assistant approached with concern.

Seamus Noah snapped back and quickly shook his head, "It’s nothing."

But his assistant, a young girl just a few years out of college, fearless and talkative, curiously asked while looking at the insulated lunch boxes in his hand, "What delicious food did your sister-in-law make for you today? Hiding it again, tsk tsk."

"This is the BOSS’s." Seamus Noah casually explained, which shocked his nearby assistant so much that her eyes widened and she leaned over close to the lunch box, her gaze falling on the neat handwriting on it, suddenly clutching her chest in heartache.

Seamus Noah frowned, "What’s wrong with you?"

"I’ve been dumped!" The assistant cried out in agony, then several other people in the pantry were also drawn over, everyone looking puzzled.

The atmosphere at the law firm was good, and relationships among colleagues were harmonious. Most people knew somewhat about the assistant Tina Roland being single and having a crush on Lawyer Jones. Now, hearing this girl declaring her own heartbreak, they were very curious if it was what everyone was guessing.

And Tina Roland, as if she had seen through everyone’s thoughts, nodded vigorously to the crowd, "Yes, exactly what you guessed, the BOSS is in love! Hmm hmm hmm..."

Everyone turned their eyes toward Seamus Noah in unison, "...No way, really? With whom? A man or a woman? Why haven’t we heard any whispers at all before?"

Seamus Noah, faced with the blazing eyes of the crowd, had three questions pop up in his head, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?"

"Secretary Noah, is what Tina said true?" An impatient beautiful woman lawyer asked.

"I’m not aware of Lawyer Jones’s private matters," Seamus Noah finally found his voice.

"How is that possible? You’re the closest to the BOSS in the whole company; who else would you deceive?" Someone couldn’t help but retort.

Seamus Noah felt wronged, "I really don’t know." frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Having said that, he ignored everyone else and focused on heating the BOSS’s meals as instructed.

But when he turned around after finishing, he found many people were still standing by, prompting him to say with a headache, "Aren’t you guys going to eat lunch?"

"I’m just curious what delicious food the BOSS’s girlfriend brought him." Although Tina Roland was still feeling down, she was more curious. In their eyes, as a partner of the firm, Benjamin Jones, despite being well-born, handsome, and incredibly capable, was too cold; everyone just gossiped behind his back, never thinking anyone would really become Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend. After all, which woman nowadays isn’t afraid of cold?

Like Lawyer Jones, a big iceberg, admired from afar but not playable up close.

Of course, except for that recently passionate young female star.

"Hehe, you guys guess." Seamus Noah had just looked, and the dishes seemed extremely ordinary, but since it was the BOSS’s girlfriend who made them, he had to help cover for her.

Everyone scoffed, and Tina Roland, who arrived first, sourly said, "Although I didn’t see it clearly just now, it felt very ordinary."

"Who is the BOSS’s girlfriend?" someone curiously asked, ignoring Tina Roland’s comment.

"Could it be one of the beauties from our law firm?" Gossip always attracts attention, especially about the BOSS, someone fearlessly remarked.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately looked towards the female colleagues.

An older female lawyer remarked with emotion, "If I were a few years younger, it wouldn’t be impossible for me."

The younger single women who had previously shown interest in Benjamin Jones now cautiously glanced at the other single beautiful female colleagues, only to find inquiry and disappointment in each other’s eyes, but no shyness or pride.

"Could it be a female client of our lawyers?" someone else speculated, which brightened everyone’s eyes and almost simultaneously they thought of someone, then together exclaimed, "Ellis Raindream!"

The person BOSS has been contacting the most over the years, besides these colleagues, is indeed clients, and among all the clients, only Ellis Raindream has the most outstanding background, looks, and figure.

The most important thing is that she is pursuing Benjamin.

"So, our BOSS also fears such fiery seductresses, what a miscalculation," someone lamented, feeling quite impressed by being surpassed by a newcomer young female star in the entertainment industry.

But there were also objections, "Lawyer Jones wouldn’t be so cheesy, would he? Didn’t Ellis Raindream’s case close long ago? I heard Lawyer Jones was recently handling a divorce case for a female client and even traveled to her hometown to assist her. Perhaps, Lawyer Jones prefers that type of woman?"

"Pfft, you mean Catherine Ford from LG logistics, right? Are you joking or dissing the BOSS? How can that woman be considered a client, plus she is old, faded, divorced, and has a child; is the BOSS blind or just has very peculiar taste?" Tina Roland tsukkomi’d, being Seamus Noah’s assistant, she knew a bit more about the cases Benjamin Jones handled, and also knew about Catherine Ford’s situation as she prepared some of the documents.

Upon hearing this, everyone concluded that Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend must be Ellis Raindream.

Gossip spreads fastest, and by the afternoon, even LG in the same building knew that Lawyer Jones next door has gotten a girlfriend and she is the big star Ellis Raindream.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Jones himself had no idea about this, feeling great and energetically worked till evening after eating leftovers, glanced at the time, saw it was exactly six, and immediately got up to leave work.

As he passed the secretary’s office, everyone looked up at him together, Benjamin turned back, "Something wrong?"

In the past week, Benjamin had been leaving work on time, which surprised many co-workers at the law firm as a workaholic suddenly adhering to a schedule was unusual. Initially, people thought he must have other engagements after work, but today the mystery seemed to resolve—apparently, he was in a relationship.

People couldn’t help but marvel, love really works wonders.

"No, nothing," everyone shook their heads together, and Benjamin gave them a puzzled look but didn’t mind too much and turned to leave.

But as soon as he left, everyone gathered around, "So this is what BOSS Jones looks like when he’s in love!"

"Do you think he was that late this morning because he was...you know, for a while?" a wild colleague ambiguously asked.

While everyone disdained him, they couldn’t help thinking he might be right, after all, with a girlfriend like Ellis Raindream, who wouldn’t want to stay in bed a bit longer?

Tsk tsk.

Women envy men, and after Benjamin Jones left, the office lost all its working atmosphere. Even Seamus Noah’s reminder that the end of the year was approaching was useless. The only hope for the people, either envious or jealous, to get rid of their single status was betting on the masquerade ball at the LG annual meeting, and as for Lawyer Jones, well, just forget it.

After leaving the company, Benjamin Jones directly took the elevator to the basement level. He had already sent a message to Catherine Ford about getting off work, but he hadn’t received a reply yet. He guessed she was cooking, and looking at the lunch box he was carrying, his mood inexplicably brightened, and he added another message to Catherine, "Bring Alice along."

"Lawyer Jones." Just as Benjamin had sent the message and was putting his phone back into his pocket, a delicate voice sounded not far from him.

Benjamin looked up and glanced at the woman. If he remembered correctly, this was the fifth time he had encountered her in the parking lot. It wasn’t that he found her memorable, but because she had previously introduced herself as Anna Ford from the LG design department, differing by only one character from Catherine Ford’s name.

"Is there something?" The woman’s intentions were very clear, and Benjamin did not like it, his tone carrying a layer of coldness that rejected people thousands of miles away.

"What a coincidence, you’re also off work." Anna Ford had almost fallen apart that afternoon upon receiving news of Benjamin’s romance, followed by disbelief, especially when she heard Benjamin’s girlfriend was Ellis Raindream.

Anna Ford considered herself good in both family background and appearance, but still felt she fell short compared to a female star like Ellis Raindream, which was a great hit to her. But she was not willing to give up, having heard that female stars in the entertainment industry were very messy. A refined and noble man like Benjamin choosing a female star was simply a desecration to him.

After hearing the woman’s words, Benjamin’s eyes swept over her indifferently and he continued walking towards his car.

The ignored Anna Ford got desperate and blurted out, "Lawyer Jones, I am the heiress of the Ford family, and I really want to get to know Lawyer Jones."

Benjamin stopped, "And then?"

Startled by his question, Anna’s eyes sparkled with surprise. Was Lawyer Jones interested in her? She knew that the Universal Law Firm was recently seeking cooperation with her father. Emboldened, she said, "I am willing to hand over all of Ford’s legal business to Universal in exchange for a chance to date Lawyer Jones."

After listening, Benjamin’s lips curled slightly as he looked at her.

This was the first time Anna Ford saw Benjamin smile. Instantly, her heart uncontrollably began pounding wildly, her mind roaring madly, Lawyer Jones smiled at her, Lawyer Jones smiled at her... yet she didn’t notice that the smile didn’t reach his eyes.

"Lawyer Jones... What do you think?" Trying to control her pounding heart, Anna Ford closed her eyes and asked again hesitantly.

But after a long wait, there was no reply from Benjamin. Only when she opened her eyes did she realize there was no one in front of her. Confused, she then saw Benjamin’s car brush past her, without even a spare glance thrown her way.

Anna Ford was furious, and in her fit of anger, she kicked at the departing car, but overexerted herself and yelped in pain as she strained her back.

Clutching her back, Anna Ford felt both angry and embarrassed. She dialed her father’s number, "Dad, don’t cooperate with Universal anymore."

Just as she finished, she turned pale listening to a few words from the other side. It turned out it wasn’t Universal begging for cooperation with Ford, but Ford begging Benjamin to help them.

It was too late. Anna Ford stood in the parking area that once filled her with anticipation, recalling the smile on the man’s face before he left, feeling a chill throughout her body, only to hear her father scold, "How could you make such a mistake, I’ve spoiled你了,你不能这样处理程律之事..."

She couldn’t hear what her father was saying anymore.

Meanwhile, Benjamin who had left the underground parking area, although initially in a good mood, was utterly disgusted by the woman’s behavior. Just then his phone rang. He knew it was Catherine Ford. Just as he was about to check it, his father’s number abruptly called, and without hesitation, he answered to hear, "Get home immediately."