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CHAPTER 182

Author: Sunkissed
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-14 14:51:52

JASON'S POV

Our legal team's initial excitement about Kian's copied documentation tempered considerably once we understood the genuine technical limitations of presenting a secretly copied data drive as formal tribunal evidence.

"The tribunal will require considerably more than simply a copied file to accept this as legitimate, admissible evidence," our senior counsel explained during our urgent strategy session, her expression carrying careful, professional concern despite everyone's evident e
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