Chapter 563
As Olivia watched Mr. Smith take his place in the witnessing stand, she pinched herself hard to force herself to calm down quickly.
Very quickly, Pitt started his questioning. “Mr. Smith, this is the ring you bought as an engagement ring, is that right?”
“Yes.”
“When did you buy it, and where did you get it from?”
“I bought it three years ago on the 3rd of April at The One. I got designer Ms. Phoebe James to custom design it for me.”
“Are you sure about that?”
“I’m very sure. It was pouring heavily that day, and I was soaked. Ms. James got me a brand-new towel and gave me a cup of ginger tea. It was so spicy that I nearly threw the tea out, but Ms. James told me that it was the exact kind of tea she often drank to not catch a cold, so I downed
it.”
“When did you receive the ring?”
“The 15th of March, but Ms. James had already given me the draft of the ring’s design on the 6th of March, and the actual ring was exactly like the draft.”
Pitt changed the picture and asked, “Is this ring familiar to you?”
Smith looked at it and nodded. “It looks familiar. It’s my…”
However, before he could finish his sentence, he stopped. “No, it may look similar, but it’s definitely not my ring. That is not the ring I proposed with.”
“Are you sure?“
“Yes.”
“I have no further questions, Your Honor.”
After Pitt sat down, the lawyer representing TR started his questioning, but after a series of questions, TR had become the side with less favor.
TR insisted that the initial draft was leaked, and that had caused the entire fiasco, so the jury asked for the court to be adjourned. They would resume the following week for a second hearing.
The entire scene unfolded like a dream that Olivia had yet to wake up from, so she merely sat in her seat in a daze.
It was not until Smith came over to apologize to her that she snapped back to her senses and shot up to her feet.
“Mr. Smith.”
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