The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 158

Sebastian swallowed a lump in his throat before he uttered, “Not in recent years.”

“Hm. When did your relationship with him tum sour?”

The prosecution jumped out of her seat and exclaimed, “Objection, my Lord! The question is irrelevant!”

MI Clark explained, “My Lord, the proximity of the accused’s relationship with his son will explain the likelihood of him helping in the acquisition of assets.”

The prosecutor argued, “Mr Cummings had already denied aiding the accused in those acquisitions!”

Mr Clark counter-argued, “My Lord, it is clear that the accused and the present witness’s testimonies are i n conflict. In light of this, we must assess the credibility of their statements. The whole purpose of a cross examination is to assess the truthfulness of their assertions. The truth can only be found if we assess whether the present witness has a motive for providing the conflicting evidence.”

Judge Cook uttered, “Objection dismissed. Mr Clark may proceed with his line of questioning.”

With an arrogant smirk, Mr Clark repeated his question to Sebastian, and Sebastian answered reluctantly.” About a year ago.”

“And what is the reason for the strain in the relationship with your father?”.

“We just…stopped seeing eye to eye.”

“On what in particular? Business?”

“No, just certain…life decisions.”

Mr Clark continued smirking as he pressed on with a louder voice, which echoed through the courtroom walls, “Perhaps asking ‘what’ reason isn’t accurate. Perhaps it’s a ‘who’.”

Sebastian and Xandar knew exactly where things were going. Xandar’s arm tightened on Lucianne’s shoulder as her thumb stroked his other hand that was on his lap.

Mr Clark then asked, “Did your relationship with your father turn sour after you met the Queen-to-be, Gamma Lucianne Freesia Paw?”

The murmurs and chatters in the room were cut off with the judge silencing everyone again.

“No.” Sebastian answered.

eyes and pressed on, “You’re saying that your meeting with Her Royal

you’d have to ask him, not me. I’m not privy to how he saw me after I met

say you are

shouted

responded in an angered voice, “Sustained! Mr Clark, leading questions to challenge the character of a member of

that, my Lord. But given the history between the Queen and the witness,

her.”

unison. Lucianne was glaring daggers at Mr Clark, who refused to look at any

pondered, his fingertips pressing his forehead before he sighed and asked,

he explained, “The Queen and the witness were bonded mates a year ago, prior to a rejection shortly after. Even so, the witness was

Lucianne already had to cupped her mate’s cheeks to

looked at Lucianne and hesitated before

the old man asked, “Are the assertions made by

clear voice, she said, “Not everything is true, my Lord. It is true that Sebastian Cummings was my fifth-chance mate before I was bonded to the King. However, after the rejection, we have never been intimate with each other as Mr Clark is now suggesting. Neither are we’ close’

merely said that the witness himself had intimate intentions, not you, my Queen. I know the law enough

eyes tumed ferocious as it fixed on Mr Clark’s coy ones when she spoke again, “Perhaps you’ve misunderstood ME, Mr Clark. I am clarifying my position with the witness. Your line of questioning was implicitly suggesting that I may have reciprocated any form of intimacy that you’re saying he displayed. I know twisted speeches and hidden meanings behind words enough to know what you were trying to do. Before you even think about questioning my character, you

closer to his. Clark was stunned. He had been looking at women like that throughout his career, and no one had told him off before. He even stole glimpses of the Queen just this morning and during

and asked in amusement, “Something

he offered a low bow as

Well, everyone’s except Lucianne’s. Before Lucianne could tell Xandar

on one knee when he uttered, “Please accept my most sincere apologies, your Highness. I promise to exercise more caution with the way my questions are

before it softened when she kissed her mate on his cheek,

ear, “Let’s not waste any more of the

a kiss on her forehead and lowered himself and his mate gently back

move on with the cross-examination. Being more cautious this time, he faced Sebastian and asked,” Despite the lack of reciprocity on the Queen’s part, have you ever had a disagreement with your father because

everyone that he had never met Lucianne, Sebastian threw him under the bus by telling his father, in front of everyone, that Alfred had met her. He chose Lucianne over

side is right in principle. I

was such a time

isn’t always right. I exercise this choice with everyone, not just with the

“And what about today?”

“Today?”

shortly before entering the bailiff’s office, did