“Your Honor,” he remarked and the room fell silent.Every gaze shifted toward Nathan with mine included, and for a brief moment, I wondered if this was it.The apology. Or maybe the explanation.Or the grand realization that should have happened months ago. Even years ago.Instead, Nathan ran a hand through his hair and exhaled sharply upon saying, “This is ridiculous.”The disappointment shouldn’t have surprised me, yet somehow it still did.The judge remained impassive.“Alpha Whitmore?”Nathan scoffed and stated, “My wife is just upset.”I blinked twice slowly at him, then at the air.“Pardon me?” I voiced.He ignored me, and of course he did. It’s exactly what he had spent years doing.“This is clearly an emotional decision, like look,” he muttered and pointed at me.“We’ve had disagreements before. I understand she’s frustrated, but this doesn’t need to become a legal matter,” he continued.A strange feeling ran through me, not anger, neither it was sadness. Something colder, the
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