"Turns out, the folks visiting the hospital looking for the professor were Harrison's crew?"

"I smell a juicy story brewing. Spill the beans, upstairs."

"Yeah, about three days ago, this group of guys in black suits, straight out of some mob movie, came looking for Professor Trent. I was chatting in his office and saw them coming, so I stepped out." "Right before the door closed, I heard them asking the professor for help. Couldn't catch anything else."

"Come on, you gotta work on your fiction, buddy. If Harrison really had beef, why stage a whole spectacle at the hospital? He'd just snatch the professor in the shadows, no fuss." "The comments here are savage."

The online forum dubbed someone defending Harrison as "the lawless advocate," jesting at their expense.

In court, before anyone could properly get a word in, Sophie, eager to not be overshadowed, blurted out the same accusation.

Her shrill voice cut through the silence, rendering the courtroom speechless.

Vivienne massaged her temples, speechless, "Your Honor, this individual is disrupting the order of the court. Perhaps it's best if she's removed."

The judge nodded in agreement.

With a slight cough, he gestured towards Sophie, "Remove her. This is no place for those ignorant of the law."

Kidnapping? Really?

As if anyone could easily snatch Professor Trent!

Publicly, he's a respected figure at Elite University, but secretly, he's involved in national science projects and always guarded.

Harrison attempting a kidnapping? That's practically asking for a swift arrest!

are you

in panic, bumping into Ramona, who, dressed unassumingly, grimaced and sidestepped as if to avoid contamination, "Stay

Sophie to hear the insult clearly, her face turning red with rage: "Who are you

think you're better than everyone else?!" She lunged at Ramona, aiming for the woman's face mask, "Wearing a mask indoors, what are you hiding, you freak? I'm going to see what kind of monster

the Grimshaw

dodged behind her seat, her eyes cold as she stared at Sophie, "What

full of anger turned to

chaos that ensued

lead Sophie straight to the officers, who seized

back to her senses, but she didn't immediately call for Gavin's help. Instead, her eyes found Percival, sitting calmly beside Vivienne. His deep,

sparkled slightly, a contrast to the cold

mouth twitched with

Vivienne's suggestion, she wouldn't be in this embarrassing

towards Gavin, "Say something, let me

cries fell on

deaf, wished they could disappear into thin air, their

so humiliated, their faces tightening under the

watched the drama

a mix of schadenfreude

sorrow. Despite Gavin and

reputations came first, easily discarding their own daughter

used as a bargaining chip to win

gaze fell sorrowfully on Harrison, shaking her head slightly, her movements freezing when their

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