Ted was taken aback. “Of course not. He has to be heartless to ask me to help someone in a lawsuit against his ex-wife.”

Stella frowned. “But I saw you talking to each other during the recess.”

“Well, we were schoolmates, after all. Besides, we were pretty close back then too.” Ted said.

“Why would he be in the courtroom that day then?”

Ted was puzzled. “Wasn’t he there to see you?”

Stella kept quiet.

‘See me, my foot! Keegan didn’t even know I was the plaintiff.’

Stella initially thought that Keegan was there for Bella. However, after discovering that Bella shared those flirtatious messages visible only to her, she realized that was not the case.

not the person getting sued. Stella figured that Keegan would not bother himself with a lawsuit between her and Bella’s fan if there were really something going on

it be that Bella hired him herself? Did she intentionally hire a lawyer Keegan knew, misleading me into thinking that

was it Bella who asked

head. “She wasn’t the one who hired

do, and both of you even worked together before. Why didn’t she ask

worked together, and I don’t

helped her assistant with? Wasn’t she

took up the job. To be honest, I didn’t really know who the client was. I only accepted it because that person offered a very high price. Who would say no to money,

one who hired Ted? Who could it be

and slowly connected the dots. a strange feeling that someone intentionally made her believe Keegan helped

very mad and disappointed at Keegan because of that. She wondered to herself.

doesn’t make sense. Keegan and I were already divorced at that

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