Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 898

The music in the room never stopped. The orchestra played a gentle rendition of "Aria in G", its pure and tranquil melody flowing like a river under the moonlight, echoing the unfolding

story.

Yennifer took a deep breath and continued, "Did he make a mistake? Yes. Did he deserve to be punished? Yes. Did it have to be brought to court? Yes.

"But was the death penalty reasonable? I believe in the fairness of the law, but I also believe that if there hadn't been those stirring up public anger to pressure the judiciary, his sentence might have had some room for reconsideration."

What Yennifer didn't mention was that, during that chaotic and unregulated time, almost everyone was making mistakes.

It wasn't just Xander. He was both guilty and innocent. Before the incident, no one had said that what he was doing was unacceptable.

However, the rules suddenly changed, and the legal principle of non-retroactivity was only established and enforced later. At that time, even the law enforcers were still figuring out how to proceed.

Had it not been for the relentless pursuit by the Middleton, Davis, Swanson, and Collins families, Xander might not have been pushed to that extreme.

However, this case could have gone either way, and those families manipulated public opinion and pushed it all the way to the extreme. Hence, he was tried, and he was sentenced.

She said, "Why did those people want Xander dead? Because they wanted his business, his market. They were afraid that if he lived, he would retaliate and expose their crimes,

dragging them down with him. And I'm not just making baseless claims. I have the evidence.

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Yennifer locked her gaze on the camera without blinking, as if staring directly into the eyes of those behind it.

pulled out a thick leather envelope. Through the translucent cover, a hefty

Middleton," she called out their names. "Do you see this? Is this not the Pierce family's

her sister Ashlyn's side,

had risked her life to protect the account book. She smiled quietly as she began to tear up. It was at this moment

the Four Families.

hand it all over to the lawyers, and I will report this to the authorities and take it to court. I will make sure you pay for what

list too. The persecution that you entrusted to your sons robbed my daughter of her adoptive father. She was

has not come yet. Even though some of you are

erupted among the

of the hall, several people hastily left the banquet. They were the ones who couldn't afford

could have imagined that the Filo family would bring up such a matter during such a significant wedding banquet? It caught them completely off guard, and they needed to leave quickly to come up with

of strategizing would help. The decision to reopen the case had already been made. Emelie had spent three years preparing for this moment, confident

leaving them with little ability to defend themselves or retaliate. Even the higher-ups, when weighing their options, would likely decide to

risk that those in power might try to protect the four families for fear of the negative impact their downfall could have on the Cedonian economy, leading to

families were insignificant, posing no threat,

She thought of Xander, the man she had loved for ten

been as grand or luxurious as the one Emelie was having today, but he had made it

them on a barren piece of land, tending to them day after day. He watered, fertilized, and protected them from pests. Finally, fields of golden sunflowers bloomed there, and they got married in that sea

he told her he did it on the day he

he fell in love, he wanted to marry her. Hence, he started planting

to give

Filo family, had seen enough wealth and power that material things no

had for her.

some guests whispering, wondering if the daughter she mentioned could be Mandy,