Alle Kapitel von Billionnaire's regret: Ex-wife is an heiress: Kapitel 61 – Kapitel 70

Karen sat on her sofa with her legs tucked beneath her, turning things over in her mind like she was running through a checklist that desired so much attention.Phase one of her plans was done. Claire was down, not dead yet, but down, and the poison was still working. The doctors wouldn't find it easily, she had made sure of that when she selected it. It was rare enough that most specialists wouldn't know where to begin, and by the time they figured it out, the damage would be irreversible.She had missed court today, which she felt mildly sad about. Hayles was capable, and the CCTV footage he'd found was the kind of evidence that didn't need her in the room to land. She trusted him to deliver it. She would get the full recap later when he was trying very hard to get in between her legs and make love to her like it'd be his last time in there.What occupied her now was the question of timing."Do I go to John now, while he's still raw from grief?" She murmured, reaching for her glass.

Court was back in session. Mark sat at the defense table beside Thomas wore a stillness that either meant he was completely unbothered or completely focused, and in Thomas' case, it was usually both at once. Around them, the gallery filled steadily.The world felt arranged against them. Mark had been sitting with that feeling for days now, and it had not softened. If anything, the footage from the previous session had crystallized it, giving the feeling a specific shape that was harder to argue with than a general sense of dread.Abraham and Rebecca settled into their usual spots, neither of them aware that Karen had been arrested the previous evening. Abraham had been trying to reach her since yesterday afternoon, assuming she had simply gone quiet. Hayles had been doing the same thing, texting, calling, getting nothing back. He had told himself she was laying low, probably managing the optics of the case from a distance. It was the most charitable explanation available and he was ch

Karen was granted bail, but she was placed on house arrest. She'd have been remanded if Kyle hadn't pulled several strings. Still, it wasn't enough to keep her out of house arrest because of the evidence available."House arrest? That's it?" One of the paralegals asked, flipping through the ruling."With her father's money, be glad it's not bail or even a handshake." Tony muttered.Hannah, on the other hand, was remanded in prison, and although she was complying, Kyle wanted to make life more difficult for her, for turning against his precious daughter."I'll be the end of you." He promised her when they stood close to each other in court. Hannah shivered in fear. She had somehow managed to infuriate both sides of the upper class, and they had it out for her. Karen and Tony stood briefly in front of each other. She winked at him and sent a wicked smirk."Pretty boy isn't here?" She teased."He has more important things to do." Tony said, feeling disgusted."What could be more importa

John woke up, yawning loudly and stretching. It was the full-body, unguarded yawn that meant the sleep had actually been sleep, which was not something he had been able to say with confidence in weeks. He stretched across the bed and laid for a moment, looking at the ceiling. He was still tired from the previous night. They had spent the whole night connecting dots and preparing for what could be the most decisive court meeting for Mark's case. His eyes moved to the other side of the bed. The habit had formed so quietly that he hadn't noticed it until now. He had the instinctive reach toward the space where Claire should be. There was something about her early morning smile that always made him energetic. Instead of feeling sad that she wasn't on the bed, he instead felt a sort of calm and confidence. He eventually forced himself off the bed and prepared for the day he was about to have. He hurriedly put several things in place at the office from home. He was also the CEO of a mul

Hours earlier…"God, this should actually get us out of whatever madness Mark is in." John said, zooming in on the footage."Erm… what are we looking at here?" Thomas asked, squinting his eyes."Another CCTV footage." Andrew responded, swallowing hard."Fucking hell." Thomas muttered."And if I'm right, given the angles," John zoomed out, "It's directly in the room where Mark and Anabelle were in. The room where they had sex.""Oh shit, with any luck, we might be able to see what happened in there. Is the footage on the flash drive?" Thomas asked, completely pumped up. They could find out, once and for all, if Mark had actually raped her or not."Give me." Andrew yanked the control from John's hands and changed the views several times."This is it." Veronica, who was quietly working on her laptop, clacked a key loudly, and immediately played the view on the screen."Holy fucking shit." Thomas gasped."If Hayles is a good lawyer, he can use this against us." One of his paralegals said.