Chapter 1099

Zoe found herself unnerved and unsettled by Jameson’s unwavering confidence. Did he witness the altercation? Why else would he defend Alyssa?

Jameson inched closer to Zoe, his dark eyes unrelentingly fixed on her. She shuddered as he questioned, “Did Lyse slap you?”

“I-” Zoe choked.

“You’re an adult. You should be responsible for what you said. It’ll be too late to regret your actions when the facts are out.”

-A hushed silence fell on the crowd as they anticipated Zoe’s answer.

The fleeting seconds felt like an eternity.

fear, as if she had been held hostage. Never before had she felt such dread, not even in the presence of Jasper or Landon. She confessed, “W-When I was arguing with Ms. Alyssa, I lost my balance, hit my face on

the part about slapping herself. Still, her partial confession was enough to prove Alyssa’s innocence and cast doubt on

slap herself in the face? That was

Jameson’s pressure. Pfft, and to think she played the

of interrogation. I would have denied

seriously defending Ms. Zoe? What she did was slander. If

effortlessly solved the problem for Alyssa, but she showed no response, not even

much relieved and gave Jameson a nod and a rare smile of approval.

an arm around Alyssa’s shoulders and addressed Cornelius calmly, “Mr. Cornelius, does your granddaughter still insist on a settlement?

go, we can meet at the police station with our attorneys after the event. We’ll decide whether to

like to express the same sentiment, but it would be unwise for a man of his position to go

bewildered, Penelope hugged Zoe tightly

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