Roman & Scarlett (ON HOLD)

CHAPTER 2

After getting settled and arranging her desk to her taste Scarlett decided to go through the files on the system, according to her employment letter she was to study the files the former lawyer left and clear up any unfinished business he or she may have left behind.

To her surprise she found so many law suites that Mr Ramon filled and most of them were unreasonable, he filled a law suit against an old woman for walking to slow, another against his laundry man for not folding the collar of his shirt properly, Another against his chef cause the steak she served for dinner wasn't properly seasoned and so on and so forth, Scarlett didn't know if she was suppose to be mad that she would be going to court for things as silly as this or laugh at how childish Mr Ramon was, so she decided to ask him about them, she transferred the file to her mac book and left for his office.

She met Emma at the door of his office with her head down and she couldn't help but wonder why the cheerful Emma was sad, but then she remembered her own conversation with Ramon and it all made sense.

"Hey.. are you okay?" Scarlett asked.

"yes i am, its nothing don't mind me" Emma said and immediately the sad expression was gone and she was back to her cheerful self which made Scarlett raise a questioning brow at her.

"You want to see the boss?" Emma asked.

"Yes, I actually have somethings to discuss with him, about some cases he  filled" Scarlett said.

Emma's mood swing was off the wall but she knew better than to push it, if this cheerful facade she had going on was her way of dealing with things then who was she to question it, besides she knew nothing about her and she also had to deal with Ramon and these unnecessary court cases.

"You can go in" Emma said with a bright smile plastered on her face.

"Thanks" Scarlett said and walked pass her.

She put her thumb print on the door and it opened up for her, and just like the first time Ramon had his back to her, but this time around he was standing, and that's when she came to the conclusion that the tabloids didn't do  justice in their description of Ramon, they said he was six feet tall but the man in front of her was six five, even without being close to her, he towered over her.

"What do you want Scarlett Amelia Finn?" he asked without turning to face  her.

"I have somethings to discuss with you" Scarlett said.

"Obviously, Get to the point" He said and turned to face her.

"I was going through the files that your previous lawyer left behind and i discovered that you have twenty four unwarranted law suites filled and i would like to know why" Scarlett said and handed her mac book to him which he just stared at.

"And?" he asked with an unreadable expression on his face.

"As your lawyer i feel the cases should be withdrawn" Scarlett said.

"You came all the way here to tell me how you feel?" he asked with a brow raised.

If the case was different Scarlett would have complimented on his perfectly carved brows, but with this man always constantly trying to get on her nerves, his perfectly carved brows could how hell.

"I came here to give you legal advice as your lawyer, we don't need all this cases cause they are unnecessary sir" Scarlett said.

"unnecessary or you are just incompetent?" he said.

"I am far from incompetent sir, but the fact that these cases are uncalled for can't be over emphasised" Scarlett said trying to control her rising temper.

"leave Scarlett come back when you have something reasonable to discuss, am too busy to encourage such futile conversations, you are a lawyer not a pest...act like one" Ramon said and turned his back to her.

Scarlett was caught between giving him a piece of her mind and leaving quietly, but after thinking about it, giving him a piece of her mind would be a foolish thing to do so she left the office without saying a word, but one thing was sure, Mr Ramon Black hated her guts and he was ready to make working here a living hell for her, but something he was forgetting was that it takes two to tango and she would do everything in her power to keep her reputation intact and not even him would put a dent on it.

When she got to her office she let out the breathe she has been holding, and began pacing back and forth, she had to find a solution to the problem at hand, all this law suites were uncalled for and she going to court for this would only bring her down from the pedestal she has placed  herself, after pacing for almost ten minutes she still didn't come up with a solution, the fact that she couldn't withdraw the cases without his consent only made things harder, after much thinking she decided to burry herself in work and come up with a plan later.

The sound of her phone ringing brought her out of the immense work she had thrown herself into, she checked the caller id and it was a call from her dad, she let out a breathe and picked.

"father" Scarlett said.

"Congratulations child, you have made me proud" he said.

"thank you father" She said unsure of what to say.

Her relationship with her father was a formal one, While growing up he treated her like a client, he was always there for her but they never had this father and daughter bond, he was the father that shows up for a school event but not for a walk in the park or family gathering, but he made sure she followed in his foot steps as a lawyer and for the first time in her life he just told her he was proud of her.

"keep doing better"he said and ended the call.

Scarlett sighed and dropped her phone on the table, she tilted her neck from left to right to ease the slight pain she felt at the back of her neck, her phone began to ring again but this time it was her best friend and Scarlett almost face palmed herself , she checked the time on her smart watch and discovered it was already pass seven and she knew zoe eats her dinner around six, she had been so immersed in work that she totally forgot her plans with her.

"I can explain" scarlet said immediately she picked the call.

"explain?, Scarlett this is who you are, you never make it to anything, you always have an explanation, i was a fool to think this time would be different" Zoe said.

"I'm sorry Zoe i truly....." Scarlett began to say but before she could complete the statement Zoe ended the call.

She sighed and placed the phone back on the table, she was officially having the worst first day at work and honestly this wasn't what she hoped for, but life has never been easy on her not even this time around.

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