Female Novel
Chapter 918
"I bet you're pretty shocked, Mister Jonathan. You're probably wondering how I got this," Pearl said,holding up the document and giving it a little wave. "Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything toyou."
"Where did you find that contract?" Jonathan asked, suddenly realizing he might have shown histrue intentions. Quickly trying to cover his tracks, he added, "That document is a fake. I don't knowwhere you got it, but please don't use it to try and frame me."
"A fake?" Pearl was unimpressed, shaking her head at his bold lie. "Well, why don't you take acloser look and see for yourself?"
Jonathan hesitantly picked up the document, and as he read, he began to sweat a lot. It turned outthe contract did have his signature, even though it was a copy. His signature was right there at thebottom.novelbin
"It wasn't me," he protested weakly, knowing full well he had no other option but to deny everything.
Pearl signed inwardly at his stubborn refusal to own up. "Since you won't admit it, I'll have to prove itin another way."
"How?" Jonathan was clearly nervous.
"I'll get a handwriting expert to check it. Your signature is on it, after all. We'll compare it to yourother signatures, and then we'll know the truth," Pearl explained with a smirk.
Jonathan felt a chill down his spine. He had never expected Pearl to get hold of such a sensitivedocument. He had signed this contract with Hugo before telling Cerubleu he was ending their deal,so if Pearl held that against him, it was not as simple as paying 7 million in compensation.
"Why did you end our deal so suddenly? And why sign a new one with Hugo before officially endingours?" Pearl pressed, seeing Jonathan slump back into his chair, at a loss for words.
"You can't prove anything with just this. What if you made it up and forged this document?" heblurted out, though his voice was filled with panic.
Despite his desperate denial, Jonathan knew Pearl wouldn't be pushing this hard without goodreason. He was starting to feel the weight of his actions, thinking he could outsmart her due to herlack of legal knowledge.
Pearl chuckled and clapped her hands. A tall man walked in, and Jonathan's face went pale withfear.
James? The star lawyer James?
"Before you get any ideas, Mister Jonathan, you might want to talk to my lawyer first," Pearl saidwith a smile.
James was a well-known lawyer in Enswood, famous for never losing a case. Pearl had initially justwanted to consult him, but he ended up being a crucial ally.
He got his hands on the copy of the contract between Hugo and Jonathan, thanks to a friend whohad notarized it. Hugo thought he had covered all his bases, but he hadn't counted on James beingin the mix.
Jonathan, still trying to find a way out, made a last-ditch offer. "Mister James, how about I hire youinstead? I'll pay more than you're making now. What do you say?"
He had assumed he could tempt James with money, believing like many others that lawyers onlycared about their fees. If he paid James a higher salary, James wouldn't ignore him.