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

supposed to be a clear–cut

a killer, then he would be

he shouted in desperation, “Your Honor! This witness is irrelevant to the case

Ivan hesitated, Jason struck while the iron was hot, “Your Honor, the defense previously 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 the defense’s argument is nothing but a cunning ploy to exonerate their

finally relented with a slight nod, “Then let

stars from

in the audience, remembering the dread his presence inspired.

was ordered by Mr. 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

I’m not a mistress. I am the legitimate chairwoman of the Abernathy Group! I am Mr.

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

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

her head in disdain. “To claim what was taken from another as her own. Impenetrable shamelessness. No wonder she could cling to

were content,

over, “As for

resolute profile, her emotions a tangled mess.

situation was undoubtedly

now, she couldn’t be sure how much of Emeric’s affections for her mother were genuine–if his love were as deep

in a cold tone,

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