Chapter 82
Chapter 82
Chapter 82
Snowflakes
“With both parties arriving on different grounds and with insufficient evidence and witnesses, this case is adjourned to two days late,” the judge declared.
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I went still, watching Roc rise from his seat and step out of the courtroom, disappearing behind the sacred doors.
Ares Bani had struck me in a place he should never have dared to touch. To use my own trauma, my rape case, to claim I had grown unstable, unable to tell right from wrong… it burned through me like acid.
I blinked hard, slowly turning toward Ana, but she didn’t wait for me. She stepped down from the witness stand and hurried out, slamming into my heart with a betrayal I never imagined she was capable of.
I should have seen it coming. Ares was always tem steps ahead.
My gaze shifted to him. He still sat there, calm, collected, then he glanced at his wristwatch, smiled faintly, and stood up to leave.
“You’re lucky your brother held the court today, Kashi. Your winning streak would’ve been broken by now,” Rusi said with a smirk, brushing past. “Be well prepared for the day after tomorrow. My client has no intention of divorcing his lovely… wife p>
The
way he said wife felt like a slap.
I swallowed hard, dizzy as I sank into the chair beneath me. Ana lied. She lied. How could
she?
“Let me give you a ride. You can’t drive alone, and the reporters will be waiting,” Kashi’s voice cut through the chaos in my head. I slowly looked up at him, my heart sinking deeper.
His streak had been saved only because Roc presided today. If it had been any other judge, the case would’ve been dismissed on the spot. I would have been declared unstable, Ares would’ve walked away victorious, and Kashi’s unbeaten record would’ve been shattered because of me.
I looked ahead, seeing the reporters clustered at the entrance, ready to throw questions at me, questions about madness, delusion, betrayal Their voices blurred, fading into the background until I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think, couldn’t move.
“Snow? Snow p>
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Kashi’s voice yanked me back, and I blinked up at him, realizing I had zoned out completely.
I turned toward the entrance to see no more reporters. They were gone. The hallway was empty. I exhaled shakily. Something was happening to me lately… moments disappearing, blank spaces in my mind, only snapping back when someone called me.
“Come on. Let’s go,” Kashi murmured, guiding me outside.
We reached the exclusive garage where Roc was waiting. He stood beside his car, face stern, Mirena and Sera already nearby.
When Kashi and I approached, Roc handed some papers to Kashi without hesitation.
“I’ve spoken with my colleague. He will be taking over the case. It was meant to be his from the beginning p>
He turned to leave, but Kashi reached out.
“Roc, calm down. She p>
“Calm down?” Roc repeated, genuine disbelief in his voice. “You want me to calm down p>
Kashi tried again, a different approach.
“You can’t walk away now. She needs us p>
“Your winning streak would’ve been destroyed today,” Roc snapped, then turned his hard eyes on me. “You bring a witness to court… and is Ares’s maid? Really? Someone who’s lived with him for years, even before you entered his life? Snow, you should’ve known better. Someone you live with can be closer to you than someone you share blood with. Don’t you know that? Kashi, didn’t you ask her if her witness could be trusted p>
“I’m sorry, Roc,” I whispered, but he only glared “I didn’t know Ana would lie. She’s p>
“I don’t need your explanation.” Roc cut me off. Another judge will be assigned p>
Sera stepped in, her voice soft.
“Honey, please. Maybe she p>
“Not you too,” Roc said, quiet but sharp. “Don’t you start pampering her. I won’t be the one to give me the verdict that my own sister should stl be wife with a crazy man. It’s better for another judge to do it. Get in the car, Sera p>
He walked away and slammed the door, leaving cold ache in my chest. I knew it was all my fault. They had every right to be angry.
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Seraphine hesitated, biting her lip, then accepted the documents from Kashi and gently touched my arm.
“I’ll talk to him. I’ll make him stay on the case. Show… stay strong. Everything will be fine p>
She joined Roc in the car, and they drove off, leaving me with Kashi and Mirena.
“The public will soon hear rumors about her… madness,” Mirena muttered, worry in her
tone.
“Shut it down before it spreads,” Kashi replied sharply. “You know who to contact to stop the stories before they go public, right p>
Mirena nodded.
“Yes p>
“We’ll hold steady until the next two days,” Kashi said, turning to me and cupping my cheek. “We’ll finish this once and for all, Snow. And if things get too tight, we’ll appeal for withdrawal p>
I froze. Withdrawal?
That was surrender.
A plea for mercy.
A disgrace to the Frost name and a stain on Kashi’s undefeated record.
I couldn’t do that to him.
Not after all the kindness, all the support, all the softness he had given me.
I couldn’t be the reason he lost everything.
Lucia Morh
Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.