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.

a

it be that Bella hired him herself? Did she intentionally hire a lawyer Keegan knew, misleading me into thinking that he was involved and making our relationship worse? But Bella got so busy with the

asked again, “So, was it Bella who asked you to

who hired

both of you

worked together, and I don’t know

you helped her

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

the whole incident and slowly connected the dots. a strange feeling that someone intentionally made her believe Keegan helped Bella with the lawsuit

mad and disappointed at Keegan

Dahlia? That doesn’t make sense. Keegan and I were already divorced at that time. There wasn’t any reason

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