The Billionaire And The Cellist

Cole

Cole adjusted his tie, walking from the entrance of the building and heading straight to his office, He was really considering getting an intense back massage from all the late nights and all the strain his back underwent due to him sitting upright almost throughout the whole night.

There were so many court cases his law firm needed to handle, so he spent the entirety of the previous three consecutive days and nights sorting them out running on nothing but caffeine and quick naps.

After pulling 3 all nighters like that, he felt really tired.

Sometimes he questions why he does this to himself. His family owned a lot of businesses, hotel chains, and shares in various companies. He's literally a billionaire who could retire at this very moment and he would still have enough money to last him and his descendants a lifetime of luxury.

Then he thinks about the fulfillment he gets from working in his law firm and with his partners and he's once again, back on track.

Of all the career ventures he went into, criminal justice law and case building was his passion.

One of the most recent cases he was sorting, was of a 10 year old girl who was sexually abused by a relative to a point that she was hospitalised. The relative was more financially well off than her family and was going to buy the case off, but unfortunately for the criminal, he and his partners have taken up the case after being introduced to the family and meeting the poor traumatized girl in question. He also decided to fund all the necessary bills including her hospital bills and therapy bills.

He's handled a lot of similar cases like this in the past and he has never failed to bring justice for the victims, especially when the said victims were children, no child deserved to be put through such a thing.

While walking towards his office, exchanging greetings with hired staff, his eyes met with Amanda's. Amanda was a fairly attractive red haired, green eyed aspiring lawyer Interning under one of Cole's partner in his Law firm and Cole was distrustful of her.

She was in the elevator, about to use it, when they locked eyes.

He subconsciously stared at her whilst his thoughts wandered until the elevator doors closed.

She seemed to be everywhere he turned these days.

Bumping into him,

"Almost" spilling stuff on him,

"Accidently" Meeting even outside of work.

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Despite his rational side saying otherwise, he found it hard to discard the thought that it all felt intentional.

After all It might all be a coincidence, but his distrustful and paranoid mind kept trying to convince him that she was subtly positioning herself to be seen.

Why?

He didn't know.

Another speculation which didn't help matters would be the fact that his mother warmed up to her quickly.

To Cole, the whole thing looked quite suspicious, like she was up to something.

He was told that she had gotten the internship under one of his partners at the law firm based on merit and based on what he's seen of her, he could tell that that was most likely true. She stroked him as brilliant, and she was friendly and cheerful.

She was also close friends with his mother.

How they met is still a mystery to him.

It was not long before his Mother grew fond of her.

Amanda was also friends with Cole's younger sister, Julia.

Then again, he wondered what she could possibly gain from her plans...if she had any that is.

Regardless, he fully intended on keeping her away at arms length.

They barely spoke. It was like an unspoken rule they had between them.

He treated her just like he treated the other interns at Littleton.

She also sometimes got invited to family gatherings due to her relationship with his mother and sister.

His mother would proceed to go on and on about her and despite his efforts to tune her out, the constant blabbering caused him to learn a few random things about her.

He was barely a few minutes in his office when a call came in, pausing his musings and bringing him back to his surroundings.

It was his good friend and colleague named Chris.

He was breathing a little bit heavily through the phone and his voice sounded a little bit panicky.

Cole instantly knew something was up.

"What is the emergency?" He asked.

Chris' answering voice was uncertain and spooked as he spoke, “One of our interns I believe goes by the name Amanda is locked in with a fake client in my office.”

Cole's eyebrow raised in question.

What did he mean by "Fake" Client.

"Get the technical team to get them out" He suggested.

“That’s not the problem ,” Chris responded almost immediately.

“He is holding her at gun point.”

Now _that_ was concerning. How did that even happen to begin with?

Cole got up and immediately started making his way to Chris' office.

Never the matter, he asked Chris if he had already called the police to which Chris affirmed that he had.

He decided to go see for himself what was going on, hastening his foot steps and even running down the stairs. Thankfully, Chris' office was just two floors below the floor he was currently on.

On getting to the office door, He quickly noticed that there was tension in the air and that some people were quietly walking about in a frenzy. He could see a few of the other concerned staff and interns gathered at the door looking worried and it seemed like the door had been opened.