Chapter 188 Sophie's Face Was Swollen from the Beating
As soon as Ronald said that, the place fell into dead silence.
Sophie was instantly speechless, her face turning red with embarrassment.
What?
Was such a famous lawyer actually Lily's attorney?
Did she hear that wrong?
Sophie, her face swollen and bruised, looked at Ethan, her eyes filled with questions. "Didn't you say no one would dare take Maple Leaf Corporation's case?"
How come not only did someone take it, but it was such a famous lawyer!
Ethan was even more shocked. "Mr. Ford, did I hear wrong? Didn't you stop taking small cases a long time ago?"
Ronald calmly replied, "Someone asked me to."
This basically confirmed that he was Lily's attorney again.
Sophie was very unwilling to accept it. "Impossible. Lily doesn't know any powerful people in Empire City. How could she possibly get Ronald?"
She looked at David. "David, say something."
David covered his bruised arm and stared coldly at Lily. "That's right, Mr. Ford is her attorney."
He had to admit Lily had some luck.
Now Sophie completely gave up, and her face burned with pain. The things she just said had become a joke.
Lily stared at Sophie. "Pick up my documents!"
Sophie said pitifully, "I didn't do it on purpose."
"Just because it wasn't on purpose means you don't have to pick them up?" Lily stared coldly into Sophie's eyes.
Sophie was stumped. She lowered her head and said to David, "David, I was just trying to help her out of kindness."
"Lily, look what you did to Sophie's face. This is a courthouse. Do you think you can get away with it?" David was looking for something to use against Lily, and she just handed it to him.
Ronald calmly said, "Mr. Roberts, you need evidence when you speak. My client was acting in self-defense, and Ms. Scott was the one who started the trouble."
David was a bit surprised that Ronald would even bother with such a trivial matter, and immediately stopped talking.
Sophie was still upset and could only act pitifully to Ethan. "I'm in so much pain."
Ethan looked at Sophie's horrible face and suddenly felt less interested, but he didn't want to see Lily looking smug either.
Ethan said to Ronald, "Mr. Ford, this is a separate matter. You're so busy, you shouldn't bother with it."
"This is also part of my job."
"How much did my cousin pay you to protect Lily like this? Are they really having an affair?"
The only person Ethan could think of was Eric.
After all, his cousin Eric was a good friend of the heir of the Gonzalez family, and only that heir of the Gonzalez family could get Ronald to come.
Ronald paused. The person who asked him to take this case wasn't Eric.
It was the heir of the Gonzalez family.
Ronald's eyes turned cold. "Mr. Murphy, I suggest you watch your words, or you'll bring trouble on yourself."
Ethan thought of Eric's warning to him and immediately shut up.
Ronald looked at Sophie. "Ms. Scott, you need to pick up the documents, or we'll pursue this matter further."
Sophie instinctively looked at Ethan, wanting him to speak up for her.
Ethan ignored her look and said, "What can I do? You did deliberately knock the documents out of Lily's hands, so just pick them up."
Sophie stamped her foot in anger, "Ethan!"
This useless man.
She looked at David again, but he said, "Just pick them up and show Mr. Ford some respect."
After all, this person still had influence in Empire City.
And backed by a super-wealthy family like the Gonzalez family, he wasn't someone to offend.
Sophie was so angry that she started crying. Why wasn't anyone helping her? She refused to pick up the documents and bow to Lily - That would be worse than death.
Ethan tugged at Sophie's clothes, "Mr. Ford is also close with my mom. Show him some respect."
Only after hearing this did Sophie reluctantly bend down to pick up the documents.
Lily looked down at Sophie from above. She turned her head and glanced at Ronald. It seemed power really was a good thing.
Thanks to Ronald that Eric found.
Sophie picked up the documents pitifully and carelessly tossed them to Lily, "Here."
Lily took the documents and looked at Sophie with a half-smile.
That look drove Sophie crazy. Was Lily mocking her?
Damn it!
Lily took the documents and walked outside.
Sophie stood there and burst into tears, "David, Lily is bullying me too much."
Austin stood nearby with a mocking tone, "Weren't you the one who knocked the files out of Lily's hands first?"
"But, but I was doing it for her own good."
"Doing it for Lily's good means you had to knock the files out of her hands?"
Austin's questioning left Sophie unable to answer. She could only lower her head pitifully.
David spoke up, "Alright, Austin, stop speaking up for Lily. She didn't let you off either just now."
Austin showed a bitter smile, "What I've become today is what I deserve. David, I hope when you finally see certain people's true colors, you won't regret it."
Austin left, too.
Sophie sneaked a glance at Austin. Anyway, Austin was now facing a lawsuit, and his career was ruined, so he had no value.
She didn't want to maintain her relationship with Austin either, to avoid more trouble than it's worth.
Sophie said somewhat gloomily, "Ethan, what's the relationship between your cousin and Lily?"
"I asked, and he told me to mind my own business."
At this moment, Ethan received a call from his mother and got scolded badly.
Ethan hung up the phone, "My mom told me to get back home right away. I'm leaving."
Sophie looked at Ethan's cowardly appearance, so angry she gritted her teeth.
But David said in surprise, "When did Lily get to know that Mr. Murphy from the Murphy Family?"
Sophie remembered that she had met Ethan's cousin in Imperial City, but she didn't leave a good impression on him, so she didn't dare tell David.
Sophie had to lie, "I'm not sure either. Lily seems to have been involved with various men since high school. She was dating the school doctor while maintaining an ambiguous relationship with that Mr. Murphy from the Murphy Family."
David was even angrier after hearing this, "I didn't expect her private life to be so messy! It makes me so mad. Does she think that by fooling around with those rich kids, she can become someone important? Look at her status - does she think she can marry into the Murphy Family?"
After hearing this, Sophie's face stiffened. Why couldn't she marry in?
She was Ethan's girlfriend, and Ethan said he would marry her.
David realized his words were wrong, "I'm not talking about you."
"I know, David," Sophie responded.
"After all, Ethan is different from Eric. He doesn't need to inherit the Murphy Family, so there's no problem on your end. I'll figure something out for you," David said.
Sophie was instantly very jealous. Why was she worse than Lily?
At this moment, David's secretary, Geraldo, came over, "Mr. Roberts, we found out who the owner of Maple Leaf Corporation is."
"Is the last name Murphy?"
"No, but Lily's name is on the shareholder list."
Sophie said jealously, "David, could Lily be Eric's sugar baby?"