~Layla~
"Did you sleep alright?" Axel asked as I entered the kitchen. He was pouring coffee into two mugs, looked up at me with a friendly smile, and handed one mug over.
"Better than expected," I said, taking a sip. The warmth spread through me, chasing away the lingering fog. "What's the plan today?"
"Court prep," he replied, his tone shifting to business. "The hearing's tomorrow, so we need to go over everything with the team."
We spent the day in the living room, laptops open and files spread across the coffee table. Our lawyers joined via video call, walking us through the evidence step by step.
"The bugs Erica planted give us solid proof of corporate espionage," our lead attorney, Mr Brennan, said. "Combined with the fabricated videos Cassandra leaked and the financial trails showing her sabotage of Eclipse Beauty, we have a clear pattern of deliberate harassment."
