Arabella paused, she put down the cutlery in her hand and slowly raised her head, a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Ezra, you brought your mistress back to our home, you killed my child, sent my father to prison and forced him to jump to his death. And now you've put my mother under house arrest, how do you expect me to treat you? Or rather, what do you think I should do to you?" Arabella's voice became shaky as she asked word for word about those crimes Ezra had committed against her. "Wasn't your father the one who killed my parents in the first place? You should be thankful that I just sent him to jail instead of just sending an assassin to kill him, or rather, you should be thankful that I didn't let the assassin kill your whole family!" "You......" Arabella stood up at once and stared angrily at Ezra, wanting to plunge the fork in her hand right into his neck. "Arabella......" Ezra stood up, walked over to Arabella, took
Ezra looked up at Arabella, who didn't say anything and continued to medicate her in silence. "I've paid the price, so you can keep your promise." Arabella continued, her cold voice devoid of any emotion, like a machine. Ezra had a flash of confusion in his eyes, wondering what she was talking about. "You said you'd take me to see my mother." The mockery on Arabella's face increased, but she spoke up anyway. "I'll make the arrangements," Ezra said slowly as he lowered his eyes, hiding the loss in them. "I hope you're not lying to me, otherwise......" Arabella was in disbelief for a moment when she saw that Ezra had agreed to her request so easily. "Or else what? Arabella, you have to understand that you are not in a position to negotiate with me." Ezra only felt very annoyed inside, and the fact that Arabella was talking to him in this way made him feel that the two people were once again distant. Instead of easing their
In the face of Ezra's long silence, Beth's emotions flared again, and she sprang to her feet, took two steps back, and shouted, "No, I don't agree! If you don't want this child, then I'll leave here, I'll give birth to him, go to a place where no one knows me, and raise him alone. Don't worry, I won't tell him that he's your illegitimate son, and likewise, you will never be in his life!" Ezra was taken aback by Beth's excited look, and he soon reacted. "Beth, don't misunderstand, I will do everything I promised you. This happened so suddenly, I need you to give me time to buffer, I will take care of everything, believe me!" Ezra stood up and stepped forward, trying to hug Beth and soothe her agitated emotions, but she dodged her. But her expression loosened up a bit. Ezra continued, "The outside world has been very concerned about the James family. We can not have any handle to be caught. If this matter of your pregnancy gets out, it will not only have
"Well, to show my sincerity, I can tell you the mental hospital where Grace is, and you can go check if it's real before you consider whether you want to work with me." Beth saw that Arabella had been skeptical, shrugged her shoulders, said helplessly. After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave, when Arabella snatched the examination report from her hand, "I'll keep this one first." Beth giggled, "Looks like you agreed to work with me, so anxious to grab the evidence, are you afraid I won't give it to you later?" Arabella gave her a cold glare, "A scumbag like you, who knows if you'll backtrack!" "Don't worry, I'm still waiting for you to divorce Ezra and marry him, so I can inherit Ezra's property together with my children. Ezra promised me a villa, the former Ruth's family villa. Arabella, what do you think? Do I want it or not?" Arabella's scarlet eyes, clenched her teeth, and stared at Beth, "Do you t
Hearing this voice, the woman slowly turned around and her gaze fell on Arabella, her vacant eyes gradually came into focus. "Arabella......my daughter." Grace stood up slowly, her shaky voice calling out Arabella's name. Arabella went up and jumped into Grace's arms, and the tears could no longer be stopped and kept flowing down her cheeks. Grace looked at Arabella in her arms and stroked her cheek heartily, her eyes full of heartache, and said softly, "Arabella, you've lost so much weight, it's really been hard for you lately." "I'm sorry, Mom, for making you suffer here, I'll find a way to get you out." Arabella said guiltily as she fell into Grace's arms. She lay in her mother's arms, as she always did, and whispered softly to her mother. "Let's go see dad together later. He hasn't seen us for so long, he should miss us......" Arabella spoke off and on, and at first Grace would respond to her, but the later she got, she stopped
In the days that followed, Arabella, after waiting anxiously, finally received a call from Noah, bringing the news that the lawyer wanted to meet with her. After Ezra leaves the house, Beth uses a ruse to call off the caretaker of Arabella, as she did last time. Arabella left the villa as she wished and went to the cafe to meet Noah. When Arabella arrived at the cafe she had agreed to meet Noah. Noah was already waiting for her. Beside him sat a mature male in a suit and neatly coiffed hair. Arabella guessed that this was probably Noah's classmate, the lawyer who was about to introduce her to him. Arabella gave Noah a grateful look before taking her seat. Noah pointed to the man next to him and said to Arabella, "This is Charles, a good friend from my college days. I told him about your situation and he's willing to take on the case." Arabella restrained her inner excitement and politely extended her hand towards Charles, "Hello, nice to meet you. Thank y
It will soon be time for the court date. On several occasions during this time, Ezra tried to find Arabella to vent, but was blocked by Arabella. Arabella also did not step out of the room for a long time, she just quietly waited in the room for the final verdict to come. And the night before the trial, Ezra was once again at the door, knocking on Arabella's door. "Arabella, I'll wait for you in the study. I have something very important to tell you." No mood swings could be heard in Ezra's tone. Arabella sat in the room for a long time hesitating and finally decided to go see what else Ezra had to say. When Arabella arrives in the study, Ezra is looking at the papers on his desk. Seeing Arabella enter, Ezra put down the paper in his hand and rubbed his forehead a little tiredly. Arabella just looked at Ezra indifferently and waited for him to speak. Ezra lifted his head, his eyes looked deeply at Arabella, and he spoke in an unmistakably husky voice, "
The judge's expression was very complicated at this point. He glanced at Arabella and then at Ezra, unable to decide the question that arose before him, waved his hand and let Beth go down first. Arabella, on the other hand, was completely frozen, including Emma, Noah and Wyatt on stage, all of whom were frozen. Beth, as the person who gave Arabella the evidence of domestic violence and the pregnancy report form, as well as the person who encouraged Arabella to sue for divorce, now surprisingly overturned all her previous statements and betrayed Arabella by helping Ezra to testify in court. Arabella only felt that the sky was dark, and the hope that had just been kindled had almost been dashed by now. Arabella looked helplessly at Charles, and there was no longer any hope in her eyes. "Your Honor, we have one more witness here, may we take the stand." Charles gave Arabella a reassuring look and raised his hand again to the judge. "Call the witness to testify.