บททั้งหมดของ The Dead Wife He Came to Sacrifice: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

"Ha! Is this some April Fool's prank?"Timothy Ludd tugged at his collar, his gaze disdainful as he questioned, "Did Quinn Sutton tell you to say that? She used to be a lawyer, after all. Now, she's not only learned to evade legal investigations, but she's also faking her own death to blackmail people?"The director of the welfare home where I volunteered shook with anger at his words.Timothy slammed both hands on the stone table and glared down at the director. "This has become a huge scandal. The Department of Justice's investigation team will be coming tomorrow. Shelly just got her law license. I'm not letting her end up with a stain on her record!"The director's eyes welled up in tears as her lips trembled, but she remained silent.However, Timothy mistook her silence for defiance. With a sneer, he took out a trust revocation statement from his briefcase. "She went to all that trouble to drug me and sleep with me just so she'd get pregnant. Wasn't this her plan all along? Wh

After returning to Skyline Villa, Timothy tossed his blood-stained shirt into the trash.Shelly yelled in surprise, "Tim, did Quinn have someone beat you up? How could she do this to you?"Her eyes were red as she gently cleaned his wound.Then, the doorbell rang. The butler brought in a thick, waterproof document envelope. "Sir, this is a confidential document sent via an urgent local courier service. The sender's name isn't listed, but it says that only you can sign it in person."Timothy opened his eyes and gestured for Shelly to open it."Ah!" Shelly's face turned pale when she pulled out the stack of papers. She asked in shock, "Tim, w-what is this? This is scary!"Timothy frowned. At the very top of the papers was an official document from the Forensic Examination Center.It was an autopsy report, and I was listed as the deceased.Timothy's eyes widened in shock, and he clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white.A mocking glint flashed in his eyes, and he smirked. "

The fallen object was a small, silver amulet, slightly bent and scorched around the edges.The dried blood on the amulet had dark stains resembling a layer of rust.On the back of the amulet, tiny words were engraved in elegant cursive. "To my sole judge, Q.S. + T.L."It bore my initials and Timothy's.Timothy's legs gave up, and he couldn't stop himself from collapsing onto the cold floor. He had commissioned that amulet from a master craftsman in Sylora six years ago, when I passed the bar exam with flying colors.It was one of a kind. The design was a heart shape engraved from the fingerprints of our ring fingers.Back then, he had gotten down on one knee and placed it in my palm. "Quinn, from now on, this will be your lucky charm in the courtroom. In my heart, you're my sole judge."Later on, when my license was revoked, he took away all my case files and legal seals. But this amulet was the only thing I refused to part with. Even when he mocked me, I never once took it of

At the end of the case file was a photocopy of a recovered communications log."Communication Records from the Night of the Incident."9:05 pm: Outgoing call to Timothy. No answer."9:12 pm: Outgoing call to Timothy. No answer.""9:18 pm: Outgoing call to Timothy. Connected. Duration: 7 seconds."9:23 pm: Outgoing call to Timothy. Connected. Duration: 4 seconds."9:30 pm: Outgoing call to Timothy. Connected. Duration: 5 seconds."There had been five outgoing phone calls. The last three calls went through, but were all disconnected immediately.Between those calls, I had spent dozens of minutes enduring blow after blow to my shattered hands and kicks to my stomach. I was fighting for my life and bleeding alone in the cold, muddy water.Timothy's expression twisted as he trembled in rage. Like a madman, he stormed into the living room. He hauled Shelly off the couch and dragged her into the study like a rag doll. "What did you do at the party six months ago? You answered my ph

Timothy coughed up blood, looking as though his soul had left him. Shelly was taken away by the police, who arrived overnight. She was lying on the stretcher, with her right hand mangled. She would never be able to write again.Timothy didn't bother running. He even confessed to every crime he had committed, including violating regulations to make me take the blame for Shelly and later providing false testimony to benefit the merger.However, he used his extraordinary legal skills to shift the majority of the blame onto Shelly and the gang that had already been brought down.Ultimately, he had his law license revoked. He was also ordered to pay a hefty fine and serve a short period of probation.Meanwhile, the Leston family fell apart overnight under Timothy's retaliation and the prosecution's overwhelming evidence. They were left on the brink of bankruptcy and liquidation.Amid a lot of online abuse, Shelly was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of multiple of