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Chapter 135–Mistakes That Cannot be Erased

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Damian's POV

The second hearing came faster than he expected. A week was not enough time for his mind to settle, not enough time for the anger to fully burn out, not enough time for doubt to stop circling. If anything, the days between the first sitting and this one had sharpened everything. The silence in the mansion had grown louder, the routine had become mechanical. He woke up, worked, returned home, and avoided entire wings of the house without consciously meaning to.

Evelyn’s absence no longer felt like a decision, it felt like a scar, like a grave mistake.

That morning, he dressed carefully, deliberately. He wore a navy blue suit, perfectly ironed shirt with no tie at first, then he added it anyway. He refused to walk into that courtroom looking like a man who had already lost something he couldn’t name.

Reed had stopped showing up at the mansion, they only meet at the office, and he doesn't even speak much to him, unlike before the case. And Gregory? He acted like Damian was
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