30 Days till I Divorce My Husband (Estrella and Jason)

Chapter 138

Estrella held Zoey’s hands tightly, nodding affirmatively, “That’s right.” She then said, “Zoey, I promise I’ll uncover the truth behind your sister’s injuries.”

“Estrella, thank you!”

“It’s what anyone would do.”

After spending some time with Zoey in the hospital room, Estrella left. She had yet to see Nick show up. Since taking on this case, Estrella had visited the hospital five times and hadn’t bumped into Nick even once.

Clearly, there was trouble in paradise. At the very least, Nick was a huge part of the problem. His affection for Lexi seemed minimal, or else he wouldn’t have stayed away from the hospital for so long.

Gripping the steering wheel, Estrella mulled over the case details until the car behind honked, pulling her back to reality – the traffic light had turned green.

As she stepped on the gas to drive off, her gaze inadvertently fell on a black Mercedes SUV across the street. To her surprise, Nick was seated in the passenger seat.

The driver was a woman who appeared slightly older than Nick, not strikingly beautiful but exuding a mature allure. Moreover, that Mercedes SUV was high-end, definitely out of Nick and Lexi’s price range.

At this moment, Nick looked somber and lost while the woman casually held the steering wheel with one hand. If Estrella’s hunch was right, it looked like their hands were intertwined from a distance.

She kept her eyes on the Mercedes SUV until a horn honked behind her again, prompting her to pick up speed. As the two cars crossed paths, Estrella quickly dialed her colleague, “Keegan, can you help me run a license plate and find the car owner?”

plate number,” replied the assistant attorney back

the office.

Her instincts told her there was more than meets

to Lexi’s

The judge introduced the parties and their lawyers and then announced the official start of the proceedings, allowing Estrella to

injuries on Lexi, medical reports, and evidence of strangulation marks on Lexi’s neck from the day she fell, Nick’s expression grew darker. His icy glare at Zoey was downright frightening as if he could devour her

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judge. “Your Honor, in light of the evidence presented and the defendant’s apparent apathy and failure to

accusingly at

wasn’t missed by the judge, who warned,

to wrong you or your sister? Sure, my son might have been too busy with work to visit the hospital often, but haven’t he and I visited? Your sister’s been comatose and hasn’t woken up once. Are we expected to keep vigil by the bedside of someone who’s

gavel to remind Nick’s mother to control her emotions, or she’d be

down, the judge asked Nick, “Defendant, do you have any response to the plaintiff’s

I haven’t done any of the things she’s accusing me of. I never laid a hand on my wife, and I certainly didn’t push her

probed, “Are you aware that your

Nick retorted, “No.”

a close relationship, you

time to inspect her all day? I believe Lexi might have been hurt, and I accept that your reports are real. But I didn’t cause those injuries. If you want to seek justice for her, find the real culprit instead of throwing

longer. Standing up, she faced Nick, “You’re lying. My sister’s injuries were obvious. You

even asked you about them.”