30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 138

Estrella held Zoey’s hands tightly, nodding affirmatively, “That’s right.” She then said, “Zoey, I promise I’ll uncover the truth behind your sister’s injuries.”

“Estrella, thank you!”

“It’s what anyone would do.”

After spending some time with Zoey in the hospital room, Estrella left. She had yet to see Nick show up. Since taking on this case, Estrella had visited the hospital five times and hadn’t bumped into Nick even once.

Clearly, there was trouble in paradise. At the very least, Nick was a huge part of the problem. His affection for Lexi seemed minimal, or else he wouldn’t have stayed away from the hospital for so long.

Gripping the steering wheel, Estrella mulled over the case details until the car behind honked, pulling her back to reality – the traffic light had turned green.

As she stepped on the gas to drive off, her gaze inadvertently fell on a black Mercedes SUV across the street. To her surprise, Nick was seated in the passenger seat.

The driver was a woman who appeared slightly older than Nick, not strikingly beautiful but exuding a mature allure. Moreover, that Mercedes SUV was high-end, definitely out of Nick and Lexi’s price range.

At this moment, Nick looked somber and lost while the woman casually held the steering wheel with one hand. If Estrella’s hunch was right, it looked like their hands were intertwined from a distance.

two cars crossed paths, Estrella quickly dialed her colleague, “Keegan, can you help me run a license plate

number,” replied

she’d memorized to her colleague. Her instincts told her there was more than meets the eye between Nick

Nick, Lexi’s case went to trial. The judge introduced the parties and their lawyers and then announced the official start of the

medical reports, and evidence of strangulation marks on Lexi’s neck from the day she fell, Nick’s expression grew darker. His icy glare at Zoey was

the plaintiff’s suspicions and demands, Estrella glanced at Nick and then turned to the judge. “Your Honor, in light of the evidence presented and the defendant’s apparent apathy and failure to fulfill his spousal duties, we are charging the defendant, Nick, with assault and attempted

Nick point accusingly

who warned, “Defendant, this is a courtroom. Mind your

from the gallery. “Zoey, you viper! What have we ever done to wrong you or your sister? Sure, my son might have been too busy with work to visit the hospital often, but haven’t he and I visited? Your sister’s been comatose and hasn’t woken up once. Are we expected to keep vigil by the bedside of someone who’s unconscious 24/7? You bitch. How dare you accuse my son of assault and murder. You gonna pay for this!”

Nick’s mother to control her emotions, or she’d be asked to leave.

sat down, the judge asked Nick, “Defendant, do you have any response to the plaintiff’s attorney’s

seat, facing Estrella. “Your Honor, this lawyer must be talking about someone else because I haven’t done any of the things she’s accusing me of. I never laid a hand on my wife, and I certainly didn’t

your wife Lexi

Nick retorted, “No.”

pressed, “With such a close relationship, you never noticed her injuries?”