It was the next day in the afternoon that the woman decided that it was time to give Chlor a call. As much as she was sceptical of Cage, she knew that there would be a bit of truth in her words and she also didn't want to see their marriage fall apart. She had only been guarded with him the day before because she thought he had come to manipulate her into turning against her own client, which was impossible. She learned, however, after Cage left that he had only come with good intentions. She dialled the number of her boss and put the phone in her ears. Meanwhile at the Richland mansion, Chloe's phone buzzed with an incoming call. She glanced at the screen to see her lawyer's name flashing on the display. She had no idea why her lawyer was calling but she just put the phone to her ears and listened in. "Hi, I hope I am not disturbing you?" He asked with a polite and professional voice. She forced a smile, masking her annoyance while trying to act nice. She had been angry since speak
"Zo, what I'm saying is that we need to gather evidence. Even though we know they're going to lose, we can't afford to just go there without any kind of proof. Let's just take this seriously." Cage said, shaking his head. He knew that the fact her father wasn't going to back down from pursuing the lawsuit meant he had something Cage didn't know yet. He could only wait till the d-day to find out what it had been the whole time. He contained. "We need footage, witness statements that I wasn't there. Thankfully, the hospital will provide all that for me. That alone will kill the whole thing and nip it in the bud." Cage said, sounding so determined despite calling it a small case.Zo replied. "I'm not saying I'm not going to take it seriously or something. I'll get right on it, Cage. We'll clear your name, I promise." He promised with an also determined tone. Cage felt some hope when Zo said those words but he knew that he had a lot to do if this was going to work. Apart from the lawsui
The rest of the week and the week after passed in what seemed to be a blur. And soon the day of the trial came. The courtroom was buzzing with a nervous energy as everyone took their seats and waited for the proceedings to begin. Cage didn't feel a thing by the way, and he was sitting beside his lawyer who was going through some papers. His mind was a whirlwind of thoughts by the way, because he knew that this was going to further damage heir relationship. He wondered how they would ever ever when they would be together ever again. It would be very weird and even if he won, she might never accept the fact that he wasn't the one who had done it. He knew she could keep thinking that he was responsible for it, so winning the case wasn't going to solve the whole problem. He had still had to convince her, outside that, that he wasn't cheating on her or anything like that. He was heavily conflicted that there was nothing else he could do to solve it other than to wait to see how things woul
The courtroom seemed to spin around him at that point. He could feel more and more sweat gathering at his forehead. He had no idea what was going on but he felt a very terrible foreboding, one that he hadn't felt in a very long time. What was the meaning of that? His office phone. How had they even found his office phone? He asked, because if they had only said they had found the leaked chats, it would have been better. But his office phone?! That was a very bad one right there. He wondered who was going to believe him when we told them that he was innocent and had no hand in this. He was the only one who knew that this was a setup, but what if there was nothing he could do to avert it. He knew that he hadn't been to his office in about a month or two, but suddenly his office phone was found with chats that were meant to explain the killers of Grandpa Richland. He wondered if Chloe would ever let that happen. He knew he'd be damned if she ever let them sentence him, if the worst cam
As soon as they were back from the court, the maid gently walked Chloe back to the inside. There was a sombre atmosphere now. It was very quiet and everyone knew what was going on. For Chloe, it was something else entirely. They had lost, but that wasn't any of it. She knew that she should have seen the whole thing before it was presented to the court. But she guessed she had been blinded by anger and rage that she didn't take notice of what had been staring in her face the whole time. She was shocked, and so was everyone else. She sat there on the couch, staring into the facade before her. This couldn't be real, she said to herself wishing that this was some form of cruel joke, but she knew that it wasn't. It was happening and it was real, they had lost the lawsuit and Cage had walked out a free and. And the worst thing about this was the fact that she should have known that Cage was innocent all along. It was at this moment that she realised what Cage had been telling her the whol
The next day, Cage decided that he would go and see Zo who was still awaiting trial. At least, this was the only time he could be allowed to see the man who saved his life, so it would be a very good opportunity especially to know if there was anything else Zo wanted to tell him before his trial. As he walked through the cold, sterile corridors, led by the police officer, he couldn't stop thinking about how amazed or rather, shocked he was about what Zo had done. It was a pretty brave act that not many people would do. And even though Zo had only revenged, he knew that he had done the right thing. It was only bad because he had said it to the court, but for him there was nothing bad without dealing with the person who made your life a living hell. There was no help for such kind of people, and all they deserved was the worst form of punishment possible. He couldn't wait to hear anything else Zo had to say. On the other hand, he wondered if Zo would even talk to him. He pushed off the
Mr. Richland stood there at the doorway, glaring at the girl who had nowhere to go to now. There was no way she could escape and before she could even try it, because he would teach her a very bitter lesson if she attempted. His mind was already made up and nothing was going to stop him from doing what he wanted to do now. Then for the third time that morning, he spoke to her again in the same cold and menacing voice that he had used previously.She was more than scared as she heard him tell her that again and she knew that there was nothing she could do to salvage the situation she had been caught up in. There was nothing she could do to escape, which was even more terrifying than what he was asking her to do. She wondered what he was going to use against her if she tried to force her way through. Did he have a gone, she thought, or a knife, or was he going to use his hands.She had no idea but she knew it would be a good idea not to tempt him into using any of those because she didn
After he was done with the whole thing, he walked back to his room. He was all smiles and couldn't wait for her to wake up. He wondered if Cage had the number to her other phone. Well, he hoped that he would be yelling at her whenever he called. That would further serve to damage what was left of their relationship.As time passed, he walked to he room to check on her to see how she was doing. Her breaths were steady and quite undisturbed. He loved how where this whole thing was going towards and couldn't wait. However, it soon started to take dark turn after three hours. He walked back to her room with a fast-beating heart and found her still sound asleep.That was the moment he started being concerned about her. He had no idea what was happening but it wasn't a good thing at all. The spiked coffee was supposed to make her asleep for two hours only but three had already passed. He walked back to his room, trying so hard to push off the thoughts and tell himself that he was just overt