Chapter 212

I couldn't help but let out a scoff.

"Claude, why do I get the feeling you've been lurking around here just waiting for me, all so you could play my lawyer? Then, when I'm all rattled and trust you enough to ask for your help, you turn around and stab me in the back. That way, you and those old sharks from

the Hilton clan come out on top, right?"

I whispered, my voice low, close to her ear.

His back stiffened noticeably. "Claire, is that really what you think of me?"

"That day, you were ready to stand with those old timers against Max at the Hilton estate. Why couldn't you be that kind of person?"

He let out a resigned chuckle: "Claire, if this is my last chance, please, believe in me one more time."

I turned my head away.

Just then, a worker suddenly threw an egg our way. Claude saw it coming and instinctively turned his back to shield me, taking the hit.

"Even if you're a top-notch lawyer, you can't protect a murderer!"

saw her kill someone with our own

quickly descended into chaos as the workers

tried to push me away from

"I'm not leaving."

kill anyone. I don't need a lawyer to argue my case. "Claire, murder is a serious accusation. Even for me, this is going to be a tough

do you think this was all part of your plan, that this

"The patient is okay?"

convinced from the start that there would be a problem? Was this all

my forceful questions, Claude looked

matter what I

something or not, it doesn't concern me. I

speaking, the lights in

doctor came out, pushing a

mask. "Thankfully, Dr. Floyd acted quickly The patient didn't go into shock from blood loss and is now out of critical danger. Please, make way. The patient just had surgery and

me, Claude included, were left without

plan to smear me failed? Instead, you've helped me gain a hero's

miraculous healing. ThaOV

that, Helen commanded the bodyguards to clear a path for me, leaving a defeated Claude

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