First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: I Can Show You the Marriage Certificate

"Shouldn’t a professional outfit like this usually be paired with a pencil skirt?"

Ever since Felix Shepherd started sizing her up, Serena Jennings’s skin crawled.

But she acted calm.

"I changed into pants just for you. How does it feel? Does it make you all warm and fuzzy?"

Felix heard Serena’s sarcasm, hinting he was a lecher.

"What, do you think I’m a real womanizer?"

"I never said that."

Felix shrugged and smiled, gentlemanly pulling out a chair for Serena.

Serena sat down.

She was meeting Felix tonight because he had proactively contacted her, saying he could advise her on filing for divorce.

Serena was well aware that Felix had ulterior motives, but she still wanted to hear what Felix had to say. After all, she couldn’t be sure that if she won her bet, Caleb Lockwood would accept the outcome.

"Lust is a man’s nature... Take your husband, for example. He probably cheated because he thinks you’re not sexy, not feminine enough, lacking in excitement."

Felix drank wine while eloquently explaining.

Serena hadn’t told Felix why she wanted a divorce, nor had she revealed that Caleb Lockwood was her husband. She hadn’t even mentioned infidelity.

But lawyers always have their ways, and Serena couldn’t say how much Felix knew about her.

"I just want to know how I can divorce my husband." Serena was in no mood to hear Felix’s nonsense, so she cut straight to the chase.

Felix smiled and offered her a drink, which she downed in one go.

Seeing Serena drink so readily, Felix also responded candidly.

"If an uncontested divorce doesn’t work out, you’ll have to go the litigation route. To improve the chances of a favorable court ruling, you’ll need to provide more evidence of your husband’s wrongdoing."

"Wrongdoing..."

Serena recalled how she’d once spent a fortune hiring a detective to follow Caleb, but had still failed to obtain solid evidence of his infidelity.

"If you can’t prove wrongdoing, you’ll have to show that your relationship has indeed broken down." Felix continued.

Serena listened intently, not noticing the gaze from another table.

Mr. Li noticed Caleb had been distracted all evening, intermittently glancing at the corner.

Curious, he craned his neck to look, seeing a man and a woman engaged in conversation.

"Does President Lockwood know Attorney Shepherd?" Mr. Li asked.

"Yes." Caleb nodded.

"No wonder President Lockwood keeps looking over there." Mr. Li finally understood why Caleb was so absent-minded tonight.

"Attorney Shepherd is great at lawsuits, highly competent, but I remember he never does corporate legal work, not even nominally."

"Yes." Caleb nodded again.

"I guess the woman sitting opposite him must be looking to hire Attorney Shepherd for a divorce case!"

This time, Caleb didn’t say "Yes."

"Attorney Shepherd specializes in divorce cases, hasn’t lost a single one in ten years. But don’t be fooled by his respectable appearance; he’s quite the playboy in private. Almost every woman who hires him for a divorce ends up sleeping with him. This one’s quite pretty... President Lockwood, should we..."

Before Mr. Li could finish his sentence, Caleb, who had been sitting opposite him, was nowhere to be found.

Serena was in the middle of her consultation when suddenly a man sat next to Felix.

Serena froze.

Felix was also taken aback.

"President Lockwood, what brings you here..."

Seeing Caleb, Felix’s face briefly showed confusion, but soon he understood.

"I see, President Lockwood suddenly sat over... because he’s interested in me?"

At this point, he suddenly turned to look at Serena sitting opposite.

"Surely he’s not interested in my client here!"

Caleb neither confirmed nor denied, calmly countering:

"Did you take her case?"

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