Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 731: Confession

"Why don't you just admit that you've done this alone? That'll help us get a lighter sentence."

Sven's heart sank as he stared at his lawyer with wide eyes, disbelief evident on his face as he tried to process what the lawyer was telling him.

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That question alone should've been enough for Sven to put two and two together. However, he was in denial and hadn't paid attention to it. But now that the lawyer was being blunt, it was clear that this man hadn't come to help him-he was here to remind Sven of the people Sven planned to implicate with him.

'I should've known.' Sven hung his head low, feeling his strength slowly drain. 'When they made Allen's incident look like an unlucky accident, I should've known they could do that to me too.'

If not for whatever Atlas did, Allen would have been painted as a greedy thief.

But with this?

Sven slowly looked up at his lawyer, who nodded at him reassuringly and encouragingly. He pressed his lips into a thin line, swallowing hard.

'Don't tell me... they're the ones who tipped off Atlas?' he wondered. 'If they didn't, then... how else would Atlas know about the plan tonight?'

Sven clasped his hands together, nearly suffocating as he struggled to breathe amidst the thoughts swirling in his mind. Unlike earlier, when thoughts flooded his mind all at once, he felt his brain slow down and calm down out of dread.

himself, his brows knitting together. 'What if I don't want to?

up at his lawyer,

out under his breath. "You said there would

lawyer sighed faintly. "Don't you really know

to kill

you, Mr. Bennet," he said meaningfully. "You're smart, so I'm sure I don't need

silencing Sven wasn't the only thing they would do to punish him. Worse, they would go after his family. Sven hung his head again, barely blinking. His

the only person who truly mattered to

had his differences with his father and sister, he didn't hate them that much. They were still his family, after all. Before the humiliating charity event, Stephen

raising his hands in

been done. Part of him regretted ever calling

wrapping around his ankles. They

closing his eyes

was the only way he knew how to react to all of this. What else could he

why? Sven wondered

He'd screwed up when Allen found him, and things spiraled out of control when he pushed Allen down the stairs. Even so,

lawyer

initially interrogated Sven raised his brows. The other

asked, and the lawyer nodded before adding more details. However, the detective seemed uninterested in the