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

never seen anything like this. It was supposed to be a clear–cut case of murder for hire, so how had

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

in desperation, “Your Honor! This witness is irrelevant to the case at hand, please dismiss her right

my witness here can attest that the defense’s argument is nothing but a cunning ploy to exonerate their client. Thus, this witness is indeed relevant

with a slight nod, “Then let the defense proceed with their

seeing stars from rage.

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

Only because she carried the heir

a mistress. I am the legitimate chairwoman

turned as dark as a thundercloud. He

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

what was taken from another as her own. Impenetrable shamelessness. No wonder she could cling to their house, accept a loveless

were content, my mother would not

as cold as a lake frozen over, “As for Frederic, she can have him.

watched Thaddeus’s resolute profile, her emotions a tangled mess.

parents, her situation was undoubtedly

Emeric’s affections for her mother were genuine–if his love were as deep as the ocean,

in a cold tone, “Defendant, please remain

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