Stephen’s voice was filled with amusement as he asked, “Has the afternoon tea been delivered?”

“So it really was you,” Tessa said, her tone unreadable as she lowered her gaze

“Did you manage to guess that it was me? Lester treated me to coffee, so I decided to return the favor by treating the company to some afternoon tea. I’ve never liked owing anyone anything, after all,” Stephen replied with a chuckle.

When Stephen last went to Everbright Law Group, he had noticed there were a lot of young people there. The receptionist, lawyer assistants, and several lawyers seemed to be all under 30.

He had then asked Samson what young people liked to eat and drink, and Samson had given him a list of options.

Stephen then turned to Samson and instructed, “I want you to order some afternoon tea for everyone in Tess’ company.”

Since Lester was trying to win people over with coffee, he would treat them all to a mountain of snacks.

Samson had always been thorough with his work. As Stephen’s assistant, he knew about Stephen’s feelings toward Tessa. Hence, he knew he had to order the best of the best when ordering food for the employees of Tessa’s law firm.

All the milkshakes he had ordered were made of fresh milk and the ripest produce, whereas the fruit teas were made from imported fruits. Meanwhile, all the cakes were bought from the famous Black Swan Bakery.

Tessa’s lips twitched when she heard Stephen’s reply. Was he really doing it because he did not like owing people? Tessa didn’t even want to call him out on his lie.

He had come into the law firm early that morning, claiming that the firm was his. Now, he was competing with Lester over coffee.

Tessa thought about how everyone had been working hard lately and how bad it was to waste so much food. Not to mention, she could not return the food and drinks as everything had already arrived.

Hence, she could only comply and ask, “How much did you spend on everything? I’ll transfer the money to you.”

She was capable of treating her team to some food and drinks with her own money. There was no need for her to owe Stephen anything.

Stephen smiled and said amusedly, “Ms. Yates, I didn’t buy those food and drinks for you, so why should you transfer me the money?

“You’ll be assigning my company’s cases to the team, am I right? I just wanted to win them over. That way, they won’t feel so much resentment when they’re working on my case.”

Tessa was dumbfounded. Frowning, she asked, “What are you trying to say? Are you saying that my employees are holding a lot of resentment because they’re working for me?”

Smiling, Stephen said, “It’s obvious that you don’t understand how your employees feel. No one likes to work, so no matter what, everyone holds at least

a tiny bit of resentment when they come to work.”

In truth, Stephen was someone who didn’t understand his employees either. Samson had been the one to tell him everything Stephen had just said.

Tessa was left speechless, but she had to admit that she did indeed hold some resentment back when she was working for other people.

During those three years in Haverford when she had just cut contact with her family, she felt resentful toward her employers at the time.

They kept micromanaging her while she was working so hard for a measly salary. Thus, she did have a lot of complaints back then.

Stephen emphasized once again, “You don’t need to send me any money. I only bought the food and drinks for my company’s sake.”

“We would have done our best for your company’s cases even without those food and drinks.”

“Well then, Ms. Yates, I’ll have to thank you for it,” Stephen said, seemingly in a good mood.

Tessa lamented the fact that Stephen had a perfectly valid point.

Her employees would definitely be glad to receive such a treat during work, and

she did not have a reason to reject his kind gesture on their behalf.

Once they ended their call, Tessa turned to the receptionist and said, “Call everyone out to enjoy these snacks. You can tell them it’s a small treat from our client, Mr. Jacobson.”

The receptionist immediately cheered in excitement.

Soon, the tables by the lobby were surrounded by people.

“Oh my God! Am I seeing things? Are those cakes from Black Swan Bakery? There’s so many pastries here. It must have cost him at least tens of thousands. Mr. Jacobson is amazing! I’ve never eaten such an expensive cake in my life!”

“I’m so happy working here!”

“I love coming to work! Coming to the office just makes me so happy!”

“It’s all of my favourite foods. I can save my money and skip dinner tonight!”

“Mr. Jacobson, I love you! Ms. Yates, I love you too! Mr. Jacobson is the best!”

Jasmine shouted happily as her eyes shone.

“Who is Mr. Jacobson?” Molly asked Jasmine.

Jasmine said excitedly, “He’s that handsome guy who came in this afternoon. Did you not see him?”

Molly shook her head. “I didn’t.”

Jasmine lowered her voice and said,

“He’s really handsome. Not to

mention, he’s also Ms. Yates

ex-boyfriend. I really hope that they’ll

get back together soon.”

Meanwhile, Lester hovered outside the crowd. As he watched them, an

unreadable emotion flickered in his eyes.