Chapter 581

The courtroom erupted into chaos. The nation was in shock.

Frederic’s face drained of color as if the blood had been siphoned from his veins. He leapt from his chair as if it had burst into flames, standing abruptly without a care for decorum, staring in disbelief at Elspeth.

Cynthia? Hadn’t she taken her own life because of severe depression? How had it turned into murder?

How could the murderer be Elspeth, the woman who had shared his bed for twenty years?

“I do it!” Elspeth sobbed, shaking her head as she locked eyes with him.

Thaddeus’s icy gaze slid inch by inch onto Frederic’s pale, plaster–like face. He couldn’t help but let out a bone–chilling laugh from the deepest, most bitter part of his chest.

Even now, he didn’t see the slightest hint of sorrow for his mother on this callous man’s face. What Frederic felt was not disbelief out of love for Elspeth.

He simply couldn’t accept that he had been so blind, having spent twenty years married to a murderer!

Cedric felt like he’d been struck in the back of the head with a sledgehammer, his mind buzzing

seen anything like this. It was supposed to be a clear–cut case of murder for hire, so how had Thaddeus’s mother’s case gotten

killer, then he would be dragged through the mud too!

witness is irrelevant to the

stated that Elspeth couldn’t possibly be the killer because she’s a cultured, high–character society lady But my witness here can attest that

nod, “Then let the defense proceed with their

seeing stars

in the audience, remembering the dread his presence inspired. She dared not hold back any longer, spilling

Abernathy to attend to Elspeth’s daily needs, while she was nothing more than Mr. Abernathy’s mistress. Only because she carried the heir to the Abernathy empire was she temporarily welcomed into the

“mistress” seared Elspeth’s flushed face like a mark of shame, and she roared in anger, “Who are you calling a mistress? Who? I’m not a mistress. I am the legitimate chairwoman of the Abernathy Group! I am Mr. Abernathy’s wife! It

as dark as a thundercloud. He wished he could send someone to

why, had he not cherished the gentle and virtuous Cynthia by his side, instead entangling himself with such a greedy,

what was taken from another

content, my mother would not have

chest, though his eyes remained as cold as a lake frozen over, “As for Frederic, she can have him. Such a deceitful,

watched Thaddeus’s resolute profile, her emotions

parents, her situation was undoubtedly

be sure how much of Emeric’s affections for her mother were genuine–if his love were as deep as the ocean,

gavel once more, reminding in a cold tone, “Defendant, please remain calm and refrain from causing a

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