Heart Hunting novel Chapter 10

Poppy dials the intercom and asks for two cups of coffee.

The mellow aroma of coffee mixes with the cold air, and the warm sunshine falls on the floor through the window. The atmosphere in the office is a little weird.

The source of this weird atmosphere is Jean.

She seems to be thinking of something, and is about to speak. But she still says nothing.

"What do you want to ask, Miss Barnes?” Poppy reads her mind at a glance.

"If I may ask, do you know Mr. Kenny well?”

“Not so well.” Her words catch Poppy's attention. What does she want to do? When she sees Jean's eyes, Poppy seems to get it.

"Then why did he come to you by himself?” Jean asks curiously.

"He invited me to join Dakings Group as a legal counsel, but I have no interest, so I refused!”

"You're not interested in such an attractive man?” Jean's hostility to her is somewhat relieved.

Poppy seems to have heard a bad joke. "Not all the women have to be interested in your so-called attractive men, don’t we?"

Jean is stunned by her rhetorical question. Poppy asks tentatively, “Miss Barnes is interested in him?”

Jean's eyes have already acquiesced. Poppy swims with the current. She says with regret, "but it's a pity that he has a fiancee.”

“Who?” As expected, Jean's face changes when she hears the news. She looks a little fierce when she gets angry.

"The daughter of Mr.Green in Greengy enterprise, her name seems to be...Ethel!”

“Ethel?!” Jean sniffs.

During the conversation, poppy leaves Jean a good impression. What Jean like is the indifference in Poppy's eyes, not like the fawning look of other lawyers.

She brushes the dust of her long dress and says, "you should have seen the information about my case?”

"It is necessary to know the client's background and case history before interviewing the client.” When talking back to work, Poppy is serious, but her eyes are still fixed on Jean, observing her every micro expression.

Jean likes her decisiveness, "but the information is not always exhaustive." She says. There seems to be a trace of melancholy in her eyes.

“If you don't mind, tell me about it.”

Jean looks at her in surprise and nods. "My fourth husband, Abbott Butler, 52, had a myocardial infarction. He died in a sudden.”

"Did the police get involved in the investigation?”

"Yes, the death certificate issued by the forensic indicates that my husband died of a sudden myocardial infarction, which is a normal death.”