Arya said, "Well, you go first."
She still had to think about how to tell Xavier.
Jacob nodded and stood up to leave.
Arya lowered her head and rubbed her brows. When she was in a trance, someone sat down opposite her. Only then did she regain her senses and see the person raising her eyebrows. "Why are you here?"
"It's weird to see me?" Caspar didn't wear formal clothes or glasses, nor was he as sharp as he was in court.
He looked very easygoing, but Arya knew that he was not that type.
"No." Arya smiled and replied, "Thank you so much for last time."
Last time, with Caspar's help, she was able to work with Joseph.
Caspar beckoned to the waiter, "Give me a glass of water."
Then he turned to Arya and asked, "Do you know if I won or lost the case?"
"Try me." Arya asked. She didn't care about it but followed Caspar's words.
In fact, Caspar didn't care much about the result, but after he agreed with Joseph, he couldn't deal with it casually. What he was struggling with was the case itself.
Joseph had cheated on his wife before, and he had domestic violence. His wife couldn't stand it anymore, so she proposed to divorce Joseph.
Joseph even demanded to ensure that his wife get no single penny from the divorce.
So he wasn't happy to win such a lawsuit.
But he didn't want to talk to Arya. Instead, he smiled. "Is there any case I can't win?"
Arya was thinking about Xavier and didn't notice that Caspar looked wrong. She smiled, "That's good."
She took a sip of water and looked at Caspar, "Then why aren't you happy?"
Caspar paused and smiled bitterly, "Alice and I have been married for a long time, but we never had a child. My family is anxious."
Arya thought that they had been married for a long time. "Is it because you're too busy with work?"
Caspar pursed his lips tightly. No matter how busy he was at work, there was still time to have a child. It was because of Alice's health. Ever since they got married, their family urged them to have a child, and they had never taken contraceptive measures, but to their surprise, Alice wasn't pregnant ever.
A while ago, they went to the hospital and found that Alice was born with a malformed uterus wall, so it was difficult for her to get pregnant.
Arya understood that it wasn't because they didn't want a child. She looked at Caspar and asked, "Is there a problem with you or her?"
Caspar pursed his lips and took a swig of water. He didn't want to continue this unpleasant topic, so he deliberately changed the subject, "What are you doing here alone?"
Arya was also preoccupied with the thought of Xavier.
Both of them fell silent.
After a while, Arya said, "I have to go first."
"Well, when you're free, we should have dinner together." From the time Alice knew that she might never be able to have a child, she had the idea of divorce.
He wanted Arya to persuade her out of the thought and told her that there were still options, for instance, adoption.
Arya said, "Okay."
Then she stood up and left the coffee shop.
She got in the car and asked the driver to go to the Jones Group.
Soon, the car stopped at the Jones Group. Arya got out of the car and walked in. The receptionist saw Arya come in and greeted her warmly. Arya smiled back and took the elevator to the top floor, where Xavier's office was.
When they reached the top floor, Arya walked out of the elevator. Jacob had just come out of Xavier's office and saw her coming. The two of them looked at each other. Jacob greeted her first. "Mrs. Jones."
Arya answered softly and gave him a comforting look, "Don't worry."
Jacob nodded, hoping that Arya could persuade Xavier.
Arya pushed open the door and walked in. Xavier thought it was Jacob again, and said impatiently, "What else do you have..."
In the middle of speaking, he saw that it was Arya, and he did not say the rest of his words. He looked at her and asked, "Why are you here?"
Arya walked to his desk, stood still, and looked straight at him, "Can't I come?"
Xavier raised his eyebrows. 'Is she unhappy?' Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Arya casually glanced at the newspaper, which was headlined about the trial result of Terrence's deliberate murder.
"So soon?" Arya picked up the newspaper on the desk and took a look. She did not stay much.
There was a faint sneer on Xavier's lips.
Some people were more anxious than he was about settling Terrence's crime.
Needless to say, Terrence didn't do it himself. He didn't have the guts. Someone must have backed him up.
Who in W City had such great ability?
Nothing but the Gates Family.
He did not sympathize with Terrence who deserved his penalty.
Arya looked up and saw the pondering look of Xavier. She asked, "What are you thinking?"
Xavier put away his thoughts, "Nothing." He didn't want her to worry about these things.
Arya walked around the desk and sat beside Xavier on his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck and stared at him.
Xavier let her watch, lifted a strand of her hair, and twirled it between his fingers. A low and gentle voice sounded in her ears. "Do I look good?"
Arya did not answer him. She looked at him for a few seconds and buried her head in his arms. "Xavier, how I wish you could stand up and welcome our child."
Xavier was stunned.
'Why would she suddenly say that?'
'What does she know?'
"Have you met Jacob?" Xavier knew it was him who leaked it almost without thinking.
Arya held his shoulders, "Don't blame him." She looked at him very seriously. "Why did you refuse such a precious opportunity? What are you worried about?"
Xavier pursed his lips.
Arya smiled, "Because of me? Are you worried about me?"
Her eyes blurred, "Am I a child? Do I need you to protect me at the cost of your legs?"
The more she spoke, the louder her voice became, "You want me to live in guilt for the rest of my life, don't you?"
"Arya..."
"You never thought for me. Do you know what I want?" Arya quickly interrupted him.
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