Alan added some milk into the coffee but nothing sweet as he moved to sip at his drink with a casual smile looking slightly amused despite his efforts. “Of course you are paying me and my firm’s reputation is on the line. Winning this case would look really great and should be challenging but not impossible.” He added stirring the milk as he made eye contact with Caden who was going to play it straight it seemed and Alan had no problem playing along. “I didn’t do this just to get close, that would be pretty psychotic and it also doesn’t lessen my warning at the cafe.” It was true to a degree since it was tempting to inject himself when he heard the frantic search he volunteered to take the case because it would mean he could get some time to get in Charles’s next ‘position’.<br/><br/>Sure he could have deflected, maybe even lied but it was important to build the trust he needed to make progress so the lawyer shifted in his seat re-crossing his legs in the other direction as his face changed to something a little more serious but the words came out of his smoothly as everything else he did. “Charles is responsible for the death of my submissive.” Dropping that bomb was followed up with another drink of his coffee as he put it down he spoke again like he hadn’t opened that can of worms, “Now that THAT is out of the way lets talk more about this case. I’m not surprised he didn’t want to bring it up until he was here in person so he could find a way to smooth it over to distract you from it.” He waved as it like he was not surprised by it in the slightest.<br/><br/>“I think more in depth conversation on the matter should be saved for another time, but I really shouldn’t be surprised he just moved on to someone else so fast and just kept playing.” He shook his head in slight disbelief as his lips curled into a sarcastic looking smile.