When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

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Chapter 284 Isn’t It Absurd?

“I was at the scene the night it happened.”

Finished

Edgar’s voice was calm, flat–his lips barely moved as he spoke, but each word dropped like a stone into a

still lake.

“I was sitting on a bench along the main street. I saw everything that happened… with my own eyes.”

The courtroom rustled, and the livestream chat ignited instantly.

“Saw it? Really? Sounds fake.”

“If he really saw something, why didn’t he come forward earlier?”

“Exactly. This case’s been dragging for weeks. If he had info, he would’ve said something sooner.”

“Total bullsh*t. There’s something off about this.”

“Nah, not buying it. Smells like a setup.”

“Drama for the cameras, that’s all.”

Edgar didn’t flinch. His voice remained even, his composure flawless.

“No one knows the full truth better than I do,” he said, eyes sharp and unwavering. “I was there from the start. I saw what really happened.”

Thomas, watching from his office, leaned closer to the screen, jaw clenched so tight it ached.

Edgar was about to say. And the fury burning through his veins was cold and bitter–because Edgar had betrayed

was doing it

there, zoning out. Then two people walked into view. The streetlights weren’t great, so I don’t think they

slightly, each word more deliberate than

now standing in the

swept across the courtroom, then

Thomas, of

through the courtroom

“Thomas?”

that license plate

he was the

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just believe this guy. He’s

just to pin it

in the plaintiff’s

a split second, her eyes widened–barely–but

she regained composure. Pressed her lips together.

gaze kept

didn’t

said bluntly, tone still

dragged him off. That was the end of

Edgar paused.

“Asher was never there. Not

this entire time… while someone else,

like the sharpening

the scapegoat–Asher–is standing trial for a crime he