Chapter 224

Chapter 224

Adelaide’s POV

This task demanded heaps of time and energy–no quick fix.

Eyeing the stack of drafts on my desk, I knew it would take two or three months solo.

A soft sigh escaped me–sure wish Craig were here.

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Craig had this razor–sharp observation and thinking. Glance at a doc, it was seared into his memory. When he wrote, it was like he had a muse whispering in his ear–quick and smooth.

I’d been at this for days, eyes raw and burning, yet the plan was still not shaping up.

Lance only popped by once after Cedric started talking, then vanished.

Seems being a “Supreme Court chief judge” really shackled him. Must be tough learning the ropes from scratch.

When he visited, he was spouting legal jargon–community service sentences, prison terms–like he was hexed.

It broke my heart a little.

There were law

“How can I lead a court without knowing the law? Either

steaming. Why stick you with the

laughed it off. “You don’t get it. For sheer presence, who better than me to keep the

added proudly, “Judiciary’s crucial. He

he was muttering laws under

makes me chuckle. My pen slips, ink

Never mix work with

in thought, Beta Valentin burst in,

got a visitor–your old classmate, Craig Neil,” he blurted, pupils quivering, hands scrubbing his

snapped to attention. “Really? I’ll be

felt

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wind, with Valentin hollering, “Take

him, I rushed outside, only to have him toss me a

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his hair was tied with a blue ribbon, the rest cascading down. His striking face held a gentle smile, as if the journey hadn’t fazed

exuded an ethereal, scholarly

the

amusement. “You’ve grown taller

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