Chapter 2: Lana Huang, A Heartless Lawyer
Chapter 2: Lana Huang, A Heartless Lawyer
Several hours before the incident of kissing a stranger...
Lana smiled widely as she re-read the email she opened last night just to make sure it was not a dream. The email was a notice of acceptance against her application, informing they accepted her for her internship at Sy Law Firm.
Studying at the most widely recognised and one of the biggest law schools in the world definitely had its advantage. She was very excited because Sy Law Firm was one of the best law firms across the country, the law firm she dreamed to join, to learn and gain experience from.
An excited cry escaped her mouth as she closed her laptop with an achieved smile curving up her heart-shaped lips. She stretched her arms and looked at the clock. It was almost five in the morning.
She stood up from her study table and grabbed her jogging outfit from her walk-in closet. She quickly changed into it and looked in the mirror to fix her shoulder length hair into a ponytail. She was a natural beauty with porcelain skin and sharp features. She was grateful not to depend on all that makeup for a flawless look.
"Ahhh… This is so refreshing…" She gasped as the cold air outside brushed through her cheeks. It was still dark, and the sun was still deep down on the horizon, yet to rise and sprinkle its morning rays.
Lana had moved into this neighborhood just a week ago and this was her usual routine ever since… Jog at this early morning hour and then afterwards have a cup of hot piping coffee in her favorite cafe in the neighborhood.
She was sweating profusely after some running, so she sat down on the bench and watched the sun rising in the sky. "Such a beautiful scene, right?" Lana heard a man's voice comment. He also sat down on the same bench and even offered bottled water to her.
"No thanks. I have mine…" Lana simply commented. "Do you jog here often?" The man asked and Lana just nodded, not even bothering herself to look at the man talking beside her.
"Hmm, this area is really beautiful. I guess I would jog in this area more often now…" She heard the man mumble. Lana rolled her eyes, hearing another lame dialogue used for flirting.
"Do you mind if I ask for your number?" She heard the man speak once more.
Lana turned her head to look at him. The man was not bad at all. He was quite good looking and seemed to be just a few years older than her.
With a blank stare she asked, "Why do you need my number sir?"
The man grinned, flashing his beautiful set of white teeth and answered, "I'm interested in you… and sir? Hmm… I'm only thirty years so please don't call me sir."
"Sorry but I'm not interested in you S-I-R?" Lana asked next, putting a heavy stress on the word 'sir'.
The man smiled and said, "Hmm, maybe I can work it out and make you interested..."
Lana moved her neck left and right then stood up to do some quick stretching. With raised eyebrows, she turned at him and?said, "Sorry again but I really am not interested."."
Lana, leaving the man in stupor, ran to the neighborhood cafe for breakfast. She grabbed the latest newspaper and sat on her favorite chair that she had been using in the past few days.
She was drinking her coffee when she received a call from her mother asking her to have lunch with her since she missed her badly.
"Mom, I moved out just a week ago… Alright… I will come and I'll treat you to lunch. Message me where you want to eat…" she said smiling, hearing the pleading of her mother so early in the morning. The call ended and she grabbed the newspaper to continue reading.
Her eyebrows arched when she felt a shadow approaching her.
She put down the newspaper and saw the same man from before sitting in front of her.?Lana heaved a long sigh and looked at him with a stern expression.
"Hmm, we meet again. Do you mind if I take this seat and join you?" The man said with a smile.
Lana's eyebrows arched as she scorned, "Why bother to ask when you're already sitting? By the way, I do mind your sitting here. I prefer to sit alone Sir." It was true. She hated it when her privacy was being invaded by anyone. Only her trusted friends had the right to barge into her anytime and invade her privacy and of course her mother was also always welcome.
The man chuckled and introduced himself then offered his hand for a handshake. Lana stared at his hand and snapped, "I'm actually married Sir. So please go on another table if you don't want my husband to see you lingering around me…"
"Hmm, but I don't see a ring in your finger." Lana's eyebrows flinched while a smirk formed on her face. She looked at the man who was now grinning, sitting opposite her. She hated arrogant men like him who thought they could have their way with everything and anyone they wanted to. Well, not just arrogant men like him, but she practically hated every man on the earth!
"How about you keep this so you can contact me whenever you are free...." The man put his calling card on the table and insisted.
Lana grabbed the card and looked at it. She then put the card on her coffee table and said, "As I've said, I'm not interested. If I see you follow me again, I will have no choice but to report you to the police."
She stood up and was about to walk off the cafe when Lana felt the man grab her hand. "Republic Act 9262 section 3. Stalking is a criminal offence. Let. go.…" Lana hissed with narrowed eyes, putting emphasis on each of her last two words.
"You're crazy. Do you think you're that pretty, huh? Acting smart, huh?" the man exclaimed.
Lana abruptly pulled her arm and calmly muttered, "Yeah, I'm crazy so if I were in your place, I would prefer to just leave me alone."
The man watched her leave as he continued cursing her at her back. The cafe owner, who knew Lana very well, shook his head as he witnessed the scene. "Tsk, good thing he stopped or else he would have experienced getting kicked in his balls next." Clyde muttered.
"Do you know her boss?" one of his waiters, who had just seen Lana that day for the first time, asked.
"Of course… She was a classmate of mine during high school days. The woman thinks the entire male species is very evil... She is Lana Huang, twenty-three years old and will soon become a lawyer once she passes the exam and finishes her graduation. She was one of the most notorious girls at school famous for being a man hater and a heartless, cold woman."
The waiter nodded and whispered, "Oh, she's the type who will die a virgin. Hmm, she's a heartless lawyer."
Boogs*
"Ouch!" cried the waiter while he scratched his head that was just hit by his boss.
"Go to work you gossip monger pervert…" Clyde mumbled with a twisted mouth. But then he smirked with that idea in his mind to tease Lana later with that description...
'A woman who will die as a virgin - Lana Huang, a heartless lawyer.'