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    But she couldn’t just stand by and watch Corrine go to jail.


    “She…”


    Just as she was about to speak, her stomach suddenly rumbled.


    Cecilia was embarrassed.


    After getting pregnant, she had severe morning sickness at first, but now her appetite was huge.


    She got hungry almost on schedule and needed snacks in between.


    Right now, it was lunchtime.


    She suppressed her hunger, adjusted her emotions, and spoke again: “Corrine was missing, as you know. She suddenly showed up at the hospital and hurt someone. There must be something fishy about it.”


    “That’s something the police should handle.”


    Wesley stepped out, “Besides, does having a reason excuse hurting someone on purpose?”


    Simr to what Johan had said earlier.


    Cecilia trailed behind him, “If you’d consider settling this…”


    Wesley halted abruptly.


    Cecilia nearly collided with him, pressing a hand to her chest as her heart raced.


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    Just missing one meal had already triggered mild hypoglycemia.


    “Wesley.”


    “It’s lunchtime. Must we discuss this now?”


    Impatience edged his voice.


    Cecilia fell silent.


    Yet she couldn’t give up, persistently following Wesley to a nearby restaurant.


    He tossed the menu before her, “Ordering?”


    She instinctively declined, “I’m not—


    “Following me all this way—isn’t mooching a meal the n?”


    Mooching a meal?


    Cecilia flushed with embarrassment.


    But thinking of Corrine’s situation, she could only swallow her pride.


    Wesley jerked his chin toward the menu by her hand.


    Cecilia had no appetite, yet remembering she was carrying a baby, she ordered a simple meal.


    Wesley summoned the waiter, handed over the menu, and added a nutritious soup.


    While waiting for the food, Cecilia brought up Corrine again.


    “Can we settle this peacefully?”


    Corrine had confessed, so Cecilia sought reconciliation–to convince


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    Larissa and Wesley not to press charges.


    Wesley replied tly, “Larissa’s the victim.”


    Cecilia knew she should approach Larissa directly.


    But given Larissa’s history with Johan and Corrine, she’d never agree.


    Wesley’s intervention could change that.


    Yet Wesley’s heart belonged to Larissa; his restraint in pushing for harsher punishment was mercy enough.


    She stayed silent until the waiter served their meal.


    “I want to see Larissa.”


    “Eat first.”


    Wesley pushed the soup toward Cecilia.


    Preupied, Cecilia barely touched her food.


    She picked at it for a few bites before waiting for Wesley.


    Wesley set down his fork.


    He said nothing, just stared at Cecilia.


    Cecilia felt puzzled. “What’s wrong?”


    “You enjoy watching people eat?”


    She bit her lip. “Sorry.)


    She truly had no patience to wait for his leisurely meal.


    Wesley paid the bill and took Cecilia to the hospital.


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    In the ward, Johan remained standing by the window, lost in thought.


    Seeing Cecilia enter, he frowned.


    Cecilia looked toward Larissa lying on the hospital bed, her arm bandaged and an IV drip attached.


    “Larissa.”


    Cecilia approached the bedside, trying hard to conceal her disgust. “I’m sorry about what Corrine did to you. Can we settle this peacefully?”


    Her tone could be described as exceptionally humble.


    Larissa felt a flicker of satisfaction–in three years, Cecilia had never spoken to her so meekly.


    She deliberately blinked, putting on a pitiful look.


    “Cecilia, she attacked me out of nowhere trying to kill me. How can we settle this?”


    Cecilia frowned. “She didn’t intend to kill you.”


    Attempted murder and assault were entirely different matters.


    “So many witnesses saw her trying to take my life. Had she held a knife, I’d be dead.”


    Larissa’s eyes reddened as she clutched the nket in fear.


    Cecilia had long guessed Larissa wouldn’t agree easily.


    “Larissa, she’s just sick.”


    Larissa leaned against the headboard. “Even mental illness isn’t an excuse for attempted murder.”


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    “Or Cecilia, why would she try to kill me?”


    Larissa kept hammering the murder usation, determined to paint Corrine as a criminal.


    Cecilia knew further argument was pointless-


    Larissa refused any settlement.


    She turned and walked out immediately.


    Watching that retreating figure, Larissa felt every ounce of her pent–up frustration evaporate.


    If Wesley and Johan weren’t still present, she’d haveughed out loud.


    Pure bliss.


    She needed to strategize–how to weaponize this incident to humiliate Cecilia and ensure that woman Corrine rotted in prison forever.


    Settling into her car, Cecilia felt an iron weight crushing her chest.


    She was utterly lost.


    Her only move was returning to the police station.


    Bailing Corrine out came first; only then could she n her next steps.


    But Corrine refused bail.


    The officer ryed the message: “Ms. Morton says she’ll face the consequences. She insists you drop this matter.”


    She was hellbent on imprisonment.


    Cecilia sat outside for hours before finally calling Johan.


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    “What have you done to Corrine?”


    What could possibly have broken her spirit thispletely?


    Johan drawled, “If I were you, I’d mind my own business.”


    Can’t even handle your own mess, but meddling in others affairs…


    Got too much free time,


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