All Chapters of While You Chose Her, I Claimed Everything: Chapter 231 - Chapter 240

The taxi door slammed shut a little harder than it should have. The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror but chose not to say anything when he saw the anger written all over his passenger's face."Aries Park in the city center," Kara said curtly.The taxi pulled away from the school.Throughout the ride, Kara kept her arms tightly crossed as though trying to contain something boiling inside her chest. But the harder she tried to control her emotions, the more vividly the events from just minutes ago replayed in her mind.Liora had cried and hidden behind Tara. Even worse was the way she had looked at Kara—with such wariness. And most infuriating of all, Liora had refused to go with her. She had rejected her without hesitation, even though they had once been so close.Every time Kara visited, the little girl would run to greet her. Especially when Kara brought expensive gifts and didn't forbid her from doing as many things as Tara did with all her rules.But what had happe

Kara clenched her teeth. She had come all this way. There was no way she was leaving without seeing Victor. "Please tell him this is important.""I already have," the butler replied. "And his answer remains the same."Kara balled both hands into fists. For a moment, she truly ran out of options. But just as she was about to insist again, the sound of a car engine came from the distance.Everyone instinctively turned to look. A black luxury sedan slowly entered the villa grounds through another gate.Kara's heart began to pound faster. That car... wasn't that Victor's?The opportunity had presented itself right before her eyes. Ignoring the security guards' stares, Kara immediately walked toward the car that had just come to a stop.The rear door opened, and the man Kara had come to see stepped out calmly.He was still dressed in a perfectly tailored suit even though evening was beginning to fall. The moment he saw Kara standing several yards in front of him, he paused.Their eyes met.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Kara muttered under her breath over and over.The ride back to the hotel felt much longer than the trip to Victor's house. Sitting in the back seat of the taxi, she barely moved at all, except to mutter endlessly about everything that had happened today.The city lights began switching on one by one, their glow reflecting off the window she stared through without truly seeing. What kept replaying in her mind was no longer Victor's words one by one, but a single question that refused to be answered.Why?Why was everyone who should have been on Adrian's side turning around to defend Tara instead?Vivian, Victor, even Liora.The last name made Kara's chest tighten once more. She could still remember the little girl hiding behind Tara, crying in fear. Liora should have run into her arms. She should have chosen her, yet reality had turned out to be the exact opposite.This had to be Tara's doing. There was no way Liora could have changed so quickly without someone infl

The morning sun had only just risen when the Central District Court had already become a sea of people. Metal barricades lined the front of the courthouse, where reporters, cameramen, and members of the public had gathered since early morning, willing to stand for hours to witness the trial that had dominated national headlines for weeks.Dozens of cameras from various television stations were already rolling. The live broadcast indicators blinked continuously while the voices of reporters overlapped across the crowded scene."In just a few minutes, the panel of judges will deliver its verdict against former Ashbourne Group CEO Adrian Ashbourne, as well as his business associate, Leonard Valmont. This case has become one of the largest corporate trials of the year, with estimated losses reaching hundreds of billions of rupiah and affecting thousands of investors and employees."Another reporter, no less enthusiastic, stood before the camera."The public is now waiting to see whether t

The presiding judge opened the neatly arranged verdict file before him. The sheer thickness of the document seemed to reflect just how long the case had taken to finally reach its conclusion.The entire courtroom fell silent once again. No one dared make a sound. Even the reporters, who had been busily taking notes just moments before, stopped writing, waiting for every word that would leave the judge's lips."The panel has thoroughly examined, reviewed, and carefully considered all legal facts revealed throughout these proceedings," the presiding judge declared in a calm yet authoritative voice."This includes the Public Prosecutor's indictment, the testimony of witnesses, expert testimony, documentary evidence, electronic evidence, the independent audit report, the forensic audit report, the defenses presented by the defendants and their legal counsel, as well as every objection raised during the proceedings."The judge's voice echoed throughout the cou