Desmond Wood revealed a satisfied smile and said cheerfully, "My questioning is done. Thank you, Mr. Leclair, for appearing as a witness."
The baby-faced man's gentle smile vanished abruptly, his demeanor sharpened like a blade, as he fixed his gaze on the plaintiff, Melody Cloud, and spoke quickly: "My client and Ignatius Leclair have been in a long-term romantic relationship. I ask—what possible motive and reason would my client have to harm you, to the point of tarnishing her own reputation by arranging for someone to assault you, leaving behind such obvious evidence? This is all a ploy, a trap—a disgraceful web designed by you to ruin my client's name and reputation."
The plaintiff's legal team accused Delphine Carter of being a home-wrecker fueled by jealousy, but now Ignatius Leclair's presence here was an outright humiliation to their argument.
No one had anticipated that the Crown Prince of the Southern Seas would openly disclose his relationship with the defendant.
