After the Fall A Leap into a Stranger's Arms novel Chapter 363

“You…” Alice’s face twisted, her anger barely contained. Catherine wasn’t holding back anymore, not now that she had the upper hand.

Catherine turned away, but Alice wasn’t ready to let go. “Catherine, Shirley is your sister. You share the same blood. Don’t do something you’ll regret.”

Catherine felt a wave of disgust. She didn’t want to waste another second on this.

Alice’s voice sharpened as she followed after her. “If Shirley’s reputation is destroyed, it won’t just hurt her. It’ll ruin your father and the Blair family too. No one wants that kind of scandal. Your dad would never forgive you for this. You really need to think carefully.”

But Catherine had already made her way back to the Nexus Dynamics team, moving with purpose toward the courtroom.

Alice stood there, frozen. Since when did Catherine stop caring about the Blair family’s reputation? What had gotten into her?

She hurried to find her own seat and slipped inside.

Catherine took her place at the plaintiff’s table. Across from her, Shirley glared with so much hatred it felt like she could burn a hole right through her. Then, the doors opened again. Catherine glanced up and saw Nestor walking in, his assistant by his side.

Shirley’s eyes sparked with sudden hope. Nestor was here. Was he coming to help her? Was he on her side?

There were only two minutes left before the hearing started.

Shirley watched Nestor closely. His face was unreadable, cold. Even when he looked in her direction, there wasn’t a flicker of emotion.

She told herself it had to be disappointment. He was her father. Even if he looked stern, he was probably already thinking of ways to get her out of this mess.

That had to be it. Why else would he show up?

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