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Naomi squeezed Melanie’s hand. She nodded and said, “That’s true. Melanie, I will find out the truth
behind Jessica’s wounds.”
“Naomi, thank you!”
“It’s what I should do.”
After accompanying Melanie in the ward for a moment, Naomi left. She still hadn’t seen Ivan come. Since
she had accepted this case, she’d been to the hospital five times. Yet, she’d never seen Ivan.
The couple was definitely having some relationship problems, at least on Ivan’s side. He didn’t seem to
have any feelings for Jessica. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have waited so long to visit her.
Naomi pondered over this case with both hands on the steering wheel. Only when the car behind her
sounded its horn did she realize the light had already turned green.
As she stepped on the accelerator, her eyes gleaned over a black Bentley SUV opposite her. Suddenly,
she saw Ivan in the passenger seat.
A woman was driving the car. She looked a little older than Ivan. She wasn’t very pretty and was more of
the mature type.
In addition, the Bentley was expensive. It wasn’t something Ivan and Jessica could afford.
Ivan had a dark expression, as though he were at the end of his wits, while she casually placed a hand on
the steering wheel.
If her guess wasn’t wrong, their hands should be interlocked in the shadows.
She kept staring at the SUV until the car behind her sounded its horn, reminding her to go forward. Only
then did Naomi speed up.
As she passed the car, Naomi called her colleague hurriedly, “Oliver, can you help me check who this car
plate number belongs to?”
“No problem, Ms. Goodwin. Send me the number,” replied Oliver Berman, Naomi’s junior lawyer.
Naomi agreed and reported the number she had memorized.
Her instincts told her that Ivan’s relationship with that woman wasn’t so simple. Perhaps their relationship had something to do with Jessica falling off the building.
Three days after Naomi saw Ivan, Jessica’s case was officially opened in court.
Once the judge introduced the plaintiff and the defendant, he announced that the court was officially in session. He asked Naomi to present their case as the representative of the plaintiff.
Ivan’s expression darkened listening to Naomi present a description of Jessica’s old wounds, as well as
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the medical report and photo evidence of Jessica’s bruised neck on the day she fell off the building.
He glared at Melanie icily, as though he wanted to swallow her whole. His expression was horrifying.
Once Naomi finished the descriptions and requests of the plaintiff, she glanced at Ivan before looking at the judge.
“Sir, I will be prosecuting Ivan Reyes for intentional injury and intentional homicide based on the evidence I’ve presented, as well as the lack of concern he shows for the plaintiff.
“In addition, he has not carried out his responsibilities as a husband.”
Once Naomi finished, Ivan pointed at Melanie from his seat in the defendant’s box. Melanie was daring enough to prosecute him for intentional injury to others and homicide!
At Ivan’s actions, the judge reminded him, “This is a court of law. Please be mindful of your conduct.”