Kisaki Eri and Mouri Ran politely took their leave and headed for the other lawyers' rooms.
Usui Ritsuko waved to them and retreated into her room.
The instant the room door closed, her expression changed, and a triumphant smile appeared on her lips.
"I can't believe I fooled Kisaki Eri so easily. Rounding up, doesn't that count as beating her?"
Usui Ritsuko was in such a good mood that she nearly whistled. She skipped back to the bed. "Still, as a lawyer, it would be much more satisfying to defeat her in court."
"If I said that out loud, the others would probably think I was overestimating myself. Heh, but they don't know that if you use the right method, this sort of victory isn't hard to achieve."
Muttering to herself, she bent down, lifted the covers, took out Jiang Xia's coat, and tossed it onto a chair.
Then she kicked off her slippers and happily climbed onto the bed. The next instant, the guest room's landline phone rang.
Vodka, watching in secret: "..."
Usui Ritsuko: "...?"
She had been bored to death all day, yet no one had looked for her. Now that night had come and she had finally wanted to close the door and get down to business, calls and visitors were coming one after another.
Usui Ritsuko wanted to ignore the call, but the hotel landline's ring tone was piercing. Seeing what seemed to be a twitch of Jiang Xia's eyelashes, her heart skipped a beat. She hurried over to the landline in a single stride, stopping the continuing ring tone from waking him.
"Who is this?" Usui Ritsuko answered in a sweet voice threaded with hostility—if this was the hotel calling to say some nonsense, then after checking out, she would definitely write a proper