Before Celeste or Matthias could respond, Narcissa sneered at Celeste again.
"But, Ms. Rodriguez, justice is in the hearts of the people. No one's going to believe your excuses anymore, so you might as well stop wasting your time. Wouldn't it be better to preserve the last shred of dignity you have left?"
Celeste showed no reaction.
Matthias, however, smiled. "What a wonderful thing to say—'justice is in the hearts of the people.'"
He then glanced toward Quentin on the stage. "The two of you have put on quite the righteous display, bravely standing up for your friend. I genuinely admire that. But do you know who I admire even more?"
His gaze shifted to Wynn. "Ms. Locket, from what I can see, one of them genuinely admires you, while the other genuinely considers you a friend. Yet you've deceived both of them. Doesn't your conscience bother you at all?"
He paused, then chuckled. "Oh, that's right. I forgot. You don't have a conscience to begin with. After all, it's hereditary."
Wynn's expression changed. But she paid no attention to Matthias. Her eyes remained fixed on Celeste, as though she were trying to confirm something.
Narcissa, Quentin, Jorge, and Miles all believed that, at this point, no matter how much Celeste tried to argue, public opinion could never turn in her favour. After all, the only witness who could testify on her behalf, Trevor, had already failed to "clear her name".
They knew Celeste and Matthias wouldn't simply give up and admit defeat. But Matthias's words had completely caught them off guard.
Narcissa and Quentin's expressions immediately turned cold.
Kieran, Beck, and Caleb all knew that the situation was currently extremely unfavourable for Celeste. So, when they heard Matthias speak like this, they were stunned as well. They didn't expect him to say something like that either.
Before they could think it through, Narcissa couldn't hold back any longer.
She sneered. "Mr. Yoder, I never expected a grown man like you to be so incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. Not only that, you're publicly hurling such vicious insults at a woman. You—"
"Hahahaha!"
Matthias burst out laughing. "Ms. Lackspur, vicious? Insults? Did I? I'm a very well-mannered person. How could I possibly do something like that?"
"You—"

Narcissa was the first to react. She gritted her teeth.

"Maybe you know you're in the wrong, so you're deliberately dragging out some unrelated—or even completely fabricated—story to distract everyone!"
Matthias smiled. "That does sound a little unreasonable."

The moment those words fell, it was as though a bomb had exploded in the middle of the banquet.
Everyone froze.
Not only Narcissa, Quentin, and Jorge, but even Miles, Beck, Kieran, and Caleb were left completely stunned.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor)
Somehow i am relieved today to see no updates than to be disappointed with yet another irritating show of everyone else's POV but the main characters...
I know everyone will not agree with me and I also know that Trevor is a trash and all but I want Trevor and Celeste to get back together. They should be the end game and for that to happen Trevor should start working hard for that second chance....
So we're going to go on for another 15 chapter's about jordan's temper tantrum with neither of the parents asking her what's wrong..stop milking it. The only reason i'm still reading is because i cant leave a book unfinished. What I'm pissed about is the book started with promise and turned into a circus....
The story should just come to an end and the writer should give their reader the closure they deserve. There's no point in keeping the story going. It's been the same since the start. Not has changed. The initial story plot was, that Celeste and Trevor are getting devorce and still after 800 + chapter, they are still heading for a devorce....
Don’t Shaws and Lockets reflect ever on themselves? Every difficult situation, they look forward to Wynn to ask for Trevor to help. Initially the focus of the novel was on how Wynn is so accomplished blah blah and now - she is just a useless person, incapable of anything. Irritating storyline...
I'm starting to get bored and I can't predict exactly where the story is headed....
Beck being the only actual adult to ask a child what’s wrong...
Can we get to the point its stagnant and I am unimpressed,I don't care about the company being in trouble nor the inner thoughts of others. Come on now....
Its a good thing both jordan parents are loaded. They going to spend a lot for Jordan therapy. 😂...
Wynn has no shame. And keeping the staff well beyond their work hours is an a-hole move....