The prosecutor asked with furrowed brows, “Mr Dupont, didn’t you say that you knew about the fund transactions but that you were coerced to perform those illegal transactions?” Dupont faked a smile and answered, “I said that I was coerced, yes. But I didn’t say I had been aware of the transactions.” “So, what did you think you were coerced to do?” “I was told to keep quiet about whatever the Duke was thinking of doing. But I didn’t know I’d be paid to be silent.” “The document I’ve just placed before you shows the list of properties you acquired in the past eighteen years. Tell me, Mr Dupont, do you own them?”&nb

The next morning, Xandar scrolled through the headlines on his phone while he waited for Lucianne to fix her hair, which already looked perfect to him. After reading a few articles on the corruption case, he smiled, and picked the best one as he approached his beautiful mate. His arms crept around her waist from behind as he handed his phone to her and said, “Have a read, sweetheart.” Xandar inhaled Lucianne’s scent from her neck when she skimmed through the article. It reported on the trial, and reproduced the statement the four of them collectively wrote while they were in the court cafeteria the previous day. When Lucianne reached the end of the statement, her body stiffened. Her widened eyes were still fixed on the screen when she asked, “Why is my name above yours?” 

Christian linked his cousin after glancing at the infuriated Mrs Whitlaw, ‘Looks like things are going to get interesting from here, cuz. Someone seems to be hiding a mistress, and the wife looks pissed.’ ‘I did not see that coming.’ Xandar linked in response as his surprised eyes met those of his second-in-command. Christian linked in excitement, ‘Tell me about it! I can’t believe I was a background character of a Whitlaw soap opera that I didn’t know about!’  Xandar raised his eyebrows as he linked, ‘Background character? Christian, we’re probably the antagonists in his story.’ ‘Hm.’ Christian contemplated for a moment and had to ag

After delivering the verdict, Judge Cook stood, exchanged bows with the attendees, and left the courtroom. The prosecutor then informed the royal family that her team was not done with the ministers yet because they could now charge all of them for perjury when they chose to lie on the stand, which would commit them to another seven years in prison and a fine of a few thousand dollars. They were also going to charge Belle Price for helping Marie Martin fabricate evidence so that the public would be well aware of the consequences of going against the law. The cousins were controlling their excitement and elation with the verdict and the further charges against the ministers as they left the courtroom with their mates. When they reached the parking lot with less of a crowd, Christian was so ecstatic that he pulled Annie into a kiss.  

Greg was genuinely shocked at the old couple’s revelation but the Duke nonetheless shook Lord Kylton’s hand as he told his animal, “Please tell me he’s joking.” His animal prompted him to keep the conversation going with Lord Kylton to learn more about what they didn’t know. Greg narrowed his eyes in suspicion and asked the old man, “What’s the customer code I have to cite in transactions?” His Lordship seemed impressed and said, “Good thing I checked that this morning. 130996GC_LC. Access name: Chameleon. But I'll admit right now that we've never spoken over the phone in your transactions, your Grace. We have our customers' personal information but the uh...rogue Alpha handles the communications and customers'...requests."