On the top floor at Luther Group, Artemis was sitting at his arched desk in his office, watching the live stream of the trial.
The dust had settled. When his suspicions were confirmed, Artemis lifted the corners of his lips into a sinister smile.
He knew that his judgment regarding Bailey was correct—that woman had a shocking identity.
Snowflake. The Ultimate Designer. Disciple of Master Gadzinski. The smile on Artemis' face grew wider. Interesting. I wonder if she has any other secrets.
Bang!
The door of his office suddenly swung open, and Dwayne rushed inside, hugging a laptop to his chest.
“What the f*ck. Mr. Luther, Bailey is Snowflake! She is Snowflake! Snowflake! What. The. F*ck.”
Seeing the shock on Dwayne's face, Artemis rubbed his chin and raised an eyebrow at him with a half-smile. “Is it so strange that she's Snowflake? Did anyone say she can't be Snowflake?”
Dwayne fell silent.
Halting instantly in his tracks, he narrowed his eyes at Artemis.
For a few silent seconds, he stared at Artemis' expression. All of a sudden, he started stomping his foot on the ground. “You f*cking knew! You knew her identity, and you didn't tell me? How could you treat me like this?”
Artemis merely smirked mockingly in response. “Why are you blaming me? You're the one with no brains. You have no one to blame but yourself. She has already made it so obvious. Do you expect me to explain it to you, like how I would explain a math equation to a child?”
That got Dwayne stumped.
Such a venomous tongue of his.
“Oh, right, I forgot to tell you something. Old Mr. Chivers and Simon have returned, but they asked to land their private jet on the private mansion in the suburbs, and then they disappeared. Should we send out teams to search for them?” Dwayne suggested.
“No,” Artemis replied casually. “If I'm right, they're probably at the court. Go get the car ready. We're going to the court to pick up... Old Mr. Chivers.”
Dwayne rolled his eyes. Just admit that you wanna see Bailey. Why use the old man as an excuse?
“Okay.”
At the Chivers residence, Edmund and his parents were watching the live stream in the living room.
When the judge announced that the work was plagiarized, all three of them did not look happy.
Yoel huffed, “There's nothing else to defend now, is there? Even the judge has decided that she plagiarized, which means she—”
Before he could finish his sentence, Juliana's appearance shut him up.
Having found out that Bailey was Snowflake, all three of them jumped up from the couch in shock.
Edmund heaved out a sigh of relief before turning to face Yoel. “Don't just look at the surface of an incident. Appearances can be deceiving. You taught me this principle, remember, Father? Please keep your promise, and stop stopping me from dating Bay.”
Yoel opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was at a loss for words. In the end, he could only cross his arms and stormed upstairs with a huff.
With a smile, Gwendolyn urged Edmund, “The trial is ending soon. Quick, go to the courthouse and bring Bay here for a meal. Your grandpa might be coming back today. He must meet her.”
Needless to say, Edmund did not object. He immediately reached for the coat on the chair and put it on as he walked to the door, all the while not forgetting to respond, “Thanks, Mom. I'll bring your daughter-in-law back now.”
At the sight of Edmund's hurried silhouette, Gwendolyn could not help but laugh. “Look at you. Forgetting your mother now that you got yourself a wife. I've sure wasted my love on you,” she teased.
A huge crowd surrounded Bailey as she walked out of the court.
As she stood on top of the stairs, she looked at the multitude that had gathered outside. They had been waiting eagerly for her to exit the building.
Seeing the grand scenario, she felt an impending headache coming up.
The public must have known her identity by then. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people crowding the exit of the courthouse.
On top of that, she could see more and more people rushing forward from the streets afar.
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