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Chapter 114: The Weight of Chain.
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*************************Claire’s POV*********************The courtroom was a circus.Cameras flashed. Reporters shoved microphones into the faces of anyone even remotely connected to the case. And I stood in the middle of it all, my fingers clenched tightly around the strap of her purse, heart thudding so loud she barely heard Mack's voice over the roar.“Claire,” Mack said, grabbing my wrist and pulling me back. “You okay?” he asked concerned.I blinked. “I don’t know.”. I breathed as my eyes darted from the crowd to Aliana as they led her out of the courtroom.I watched as Aliana was led out of the courtroom, her face pale but composed. Tears were hiding beneath that surface, I was sure and I could tell. But there was something else now — a flicker of hope. That courtroom scene hadn’t just been a circus. It had been a crack in the wall Liam had carefully built.I felt it too.Mack squeezed my hand gently.“We need to move,” Liz muttered behind me as she glanced around nervously.
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 114: The Weight of Chain.
**********************Aliana's POV**************************The cold iron-called cuffs around my wrists chafed worth every step I took. Each click of my heels on the polished courtroom floor echoed like a death toll in my ears. I stood straighter, trying to ignore the dozens of eyes that pierced into me from every direction __ journalists, officers, former friends....and Liam, seated with his legal team near the front, wearing that same smug, untouchable expression.Claire was seated with Mack on the other row, their hands entangled. She looked poised and composed. Mack's sharp eyes were on me, not spiteful not sympathy but something I couldn't pinpoint.I couldn't dare to look Claire directly in the eyes. Not yet.The room felt like a furnace, though the air conditioning hummed above. My mouth was dry, my palms damp with sweat. But I kept my chin lifted as the bailiff guided me to the defendant's seat. The wooden chair creaked as I sat down. My lawyer, a lean, older man, with silve
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 113: Counterstrike.
*************************** Liam’s POV*********************The walls of my study felt too tight, even though my penthouse was massive. I tossed my whisky glass across the room. It shattered into tiny pieces across the wall, the whisky dripping like water down the beige paint.My pulse thundered in my ears.Someone betrayed me.Not just any leak__ but that video. From my office. A direct order, now sitting in Claire's inbox if my guess was right.I slammed my palms hard against my desk, rattling the silver pen holder. The pieces were slipping and fast."Sir." A feminine voice called from the doorway.I turned slowly towards the doorway. My assistant__Mara__ stood stiff, eyes avoifing the broken glass, smart woman.“What?” I barked.Mara shifted slightly in the doorway. She cleared her throat."We ran a trace on the leak. It came from within our private network. Possibly internal. Maybe someone on the cleaning staff or surveillance team. But whoever it was, they knew how to cover thei
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