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.

leather envelope. Through the translucent cover, a hefty notebook

Davis, Maverick Collins, Kaden Swanson, and Henry Middleton," she called out their names. "Do you see this? Is this not the Pierce family's account book you've spent your whole lives searching for?

seat and moved to her sister Ashlyn's side, holding her cold

book. She smiled quietly as she began to tear up. It was at

the Four Families. "It's not just

this to the authorities and take it to court. I will make sure

yes, your sons' names will be on the defendant list too. The persecution that you entrusted to your sons robbed my daughter of her adoptive father. She was displaced for

time has not come yet. Even though some of you are already dead and buried, I'll take the court ruling and burn it

erupted among the

the banquet. They were the

matter during such a significant wedding banquet? It caught them completely off guard, and they needed to leave quickly to come up with

made. Emelie had spent

their members dead or incapacitated, leaving them with little ability to defend themselves

one by one and then settle the final score together. This approach avoided the risk that those in power might try to protect the four families

no

discussions around her. She thought of

then hadn't been as grand or luxurious as the one

them day after day. He watered, fertilized, and protected them from pests. Finally, fields of golden

those flowers, and he told her he did it on the day he fell in love

wanted to marry her. Hence, he

he wanted to give her

seen enough wealth and power that material things no longer moved her. However, she would never forget

had for her.

if the daughter she