Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife: The Twins Are Not Yours!

Chapter 144

Chapter 144: The Court Case VII

"I think he heard wrong."

"Of course he heard wrong! The man is as foolish as ever. Fiona has washed all wisdom away from his brain."

"Maybe he never even spoke with the hacker. Perhaps he just made this up to smear Athena in front of the elders. Fiona really suits him."

Ewan tuned them out. Their aggravated words were like piercing darts puncturing his skull. He longed to cover his ears or hold his head to block out their incessant chatter, but he was in court, and he needed to maintain his composure. He couldn’t appear weak!

But Athena bobbed her head, glancing at Elder Timothy. "What do you think?"

Elder Timothy, however, remained silent. His expression, though, betrayed his thoughts. Did Ewan come to the council to play games?

"About the backer Ewan mentioned..." Athena sighed, feigning weariness. "He is just an old friend who owed me a favor. Because of Ewan, I collected that debt, believing I was doing something good, not realizing he’d come to court and stab me in the back!"

If not for the elders’ presence, Ewan might have been pelted with slippers by now.

Elder Timothy, seeing the brewing anger in the congregation, sighed in resignation; he couldn’t allow things to descend into chaos. After all, Ewan’s father had once been his friend before his tragic death.

"Is that all, Athena?"

Athena paused, staring thoughtfully at the old man before breaking into laughter. "Is that all? Oh no, Elder Timothy. I’m just getting started!"

Alfonso nearly wet himself at her sudden declaration.

thinking, believing Athena would go down easily? Hadn’t she shown him enough subtle hints that

dragging the shady woman into court! Now, he might lose

that so, Doctor Athena? Please, go on," Elder Timothy said, leaning back in his chair, already

thanks and turned

gang were no longer

agreement, including some of the elders, like students eager

link is Fiona. As it turns out, she instructed Morgan to eliminate me and the

from

Timothy banged the gravel. "Fiona, take

Fiona sank back

turned to Athena. "That’s a bold accusation.

"Of course, my Lord. Why else

Timothy sighed and shook his head. Why did he even

a tab titled "Loverbirds." Instantly, an

my people, is Morgan Steeves, the head of the gang. If you

see if they recognized

In fact, they have been dating since their college days, all behind Ewan’s back."

silent as they

the poisoning and the theft of Mr. Thorne’s jewelry. It is suspected they even killed Lana and Zira, to silence them, to stop them from confessing the truth. This is because the poison they used for

medication Athena had given him for

withdrew his hand, choosing to endure the pain instead. Thereafter, he lifted his head slightly, trying to stop the blood from trickling through his nostrils and to mitigate the throbbing in

wishing for his safety till this ordeal was over, knowing they couldn’t

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