My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit novel Chapter 318

The lawyer told Sydney that even if she appealed, the second and third trials would only uphold the verdict of the first trial, so there was no point in appealing.

"Damn it!" Luke hammered his fist on the chair.

Layden did not say anything. He bowed his head so no one could see what he was thinking.

Sydney watched Lyra being escorted down, and Brandon and his wife followed along.

Seemingly sensing Sydney's gaze, Brandon and Mrs. Madden also turned toward her and shot her smug looks in unison.

Mrs. Madden even wanted to walk up to Sydney and laugh in her face.

These days, she had been running up and down looking for help because she thought that Lyra would go to jail. She met with countless closed doors and eye-rolls.

When she thought about how Sydney and Julien looked at her like she was trash just an hour ago, she almost died from anger.

Fortunately, her worries were lifted. Now, it was Sydney who would be angry.

At that thought, Mrs. Madden touched Lyra's head and smiled at Sydney.

Sydney clenched her fists and glanced at her coldly before moving her gaze to Lyra.

Lyra had her head lowered, so Sydney could not see the expression on her face. However, Sydney felt that Lyra was also feeling proud at the moment.

The Madden family left the courtroom, but

Sydney stayed because there was still Frank Powell’s case.

In Frank’s case, he threw sulfuric acid, so his crime was more serious than Lyra's scheme to harm Sydney.

That was because, in Lyra’s attempts, Sydney did not appear from beginning to end.

However, Frank was different. He threw sulfuric acid directly at Sydney, so his final sentence was three years in prison.

The other netizens who sent razors and wreaths were also detained and criticized.

As for the marketing accounts and the media outlets, their cases were more serious. Their crimes were not limited to spreading rumors about Sydney, and they also broke other laws, so it was still unknown what their verdict would be since

they had to be dealt with separately from Sydney's incident.

Sydney was not interested in that either. She just knew that these marketing accounts and media outlets would not have a good ending.

Walking out of the courthouse, Sydney looked up at the cloudy sky. It seemed like it was going to rain.

Luke also looked up and said ironically, " They say that the skies will always be clear if you win a case. We won, but..."

"Sydney, are you okay?" Layden looked at Sydney worriedly.

Sydney tugged at the corners of her mouth and forced a smile. "I'm fine. Although the result wasn't ideal, Lyra won't dare to mess around anymore. At the very least, she'll have to live with her head down in the future, so this result isn’t all bad."

Luke and Cayden could tell that she was just pretending to be fine. They exchanged a look but did not expose her.

After a few seconds, Luke suddenly said," Let's forget the celebration dinner tonight.”

Cayden nodded and had no objection.

Sydney wanted to say there was no need to, but the words got stuck in her throat.

That was because she realized that she was not as unbothered by this result as she thought she was.

If she was unbothered, why would she not be in the mood to hold a celebration dinner?

The three of them walked to the roadside parking lot in silence.

As soon as they reached the car, a group of reporters rushed over.

"Ms. Raines, what do you think of Ms.

Madden's trial results?"

"Yes, Ms. Raines, please give a comment. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the verdict?"

Sydney lowered her eyes with a cold expression and ignored the group of reporters.