The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 955:

The moment those words landed, a wave of unease swept through the room. Several people craned their necks, eager—or perhaps too afraid—to see what lay inside the bag.

Inside, daggers of varying sizes gleamed under the light, their edges sinister and sharp. Some blades still bore dried traces of blood, a chilling testament to recent violence.

Andromache’s eyes narrowed, the sharpness in her gaze cutting straight through the room before locking onto Leah.

Leah’s fingers slowly curled into fists. Her eyes widened, her mind racing.

She clearly disposed of those items herself. How could they possibly resurface here? Her heart pounded frantically against her ribs, each beat louder than the last.

“Wilbur, can these items be admitted as evidence for attempted murder?” Waldo’s voice broke the tense silence, calm but carrying an undeniable weight. “Take a closer look. Every one of these is a lethal weapon. Fortunately for Corrine, she has trained in self-defense since childhood and always knew to stay on guard. Otherwise, a fragile woman like her would have been slaughtered on the spot.”

frozen, unable to respond

A fragile woman?

Corrine single-handedly taking down eight men,

was no fragile woman. That was a force

with theatrical flair only moments before,

leaving it ashen. “She was the one who struck first! She

someone else chimed in. “This was nothing more than

𝖁𝗂𝖊𝗐 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾: g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫽ⅽ𝗈𝗆

if all this so-called evidence was planted to frame them?” Another voice

those words, the room, which had been simmering in tension,

halo, snorted sharply. “Officials like you always cover