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The cameras erupted once again in a barrage of flashes.Adrian clenched his fists behind the handcuffs. Breathing became increasingly difficult. He had imagined this day countless times since the evidentiary hearings had concluded, but the reality was far more painful than anything he had ever envisioned. There was no room left to preserve his dignity. Even his steps were now dictated by the commands of the officer walking beside him."Move."That brief command prompted Adrian to start walking again.Behind him, the door of the prison transport vehicle opened once more.Leonard Valmont stepped out with movements far calmer than Adrian's. His back remained straight, his chin slightly raised, as though he were still trying to preserve the last remnants of his dignity. But that composure lasted only a few seconds. The moment the cameras shifted toward him, a faint tremor flickered through Leonard's eyes."Mr. Leonard! Are you still confident today's verdict will be in your favor?""Do yo
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The morning sun had only just risen when the Central District Court had already become a sea of people. Metal barricades lined the front of the courthouse, where reporters, cameramen, and members of the public had gathered since early morning, willing to stand for hours to witness the trial that had dominated national headlines for weeks.Dozens of cameras from various television stations were already rolling. The live broadcast indicators blinked continuously while the voices of reporters overlapped across the crowded scene."In just a few minutes, the panel of judges will deliver its verdict against former Ashbourne Group CEO Adrian Ashbourne, as well as his business associate, Leonard Valmont. This case has become one of the largest corporate trials of the year, with estimated losses reaching hundreds of billions of rupiah and affecting thousands of investors and employees."Another reporter, no less enthusiastic, stood before the camera."The public is now waiting to see whether t
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The words spilled out effortlessly, born from convictions that had taken root deep inside her. No matter how cornered she became, Kara was still incapable of recognizing her own mistakes. In her mind, there was always someone else to blame. And that person never changed.Helena wanted to interrupt but stopped herself.She looked at her daughter with eyes full of worries. All this time, Kara had always seemed convinced that she could turn the situation around. Now that confidence was beginning to crack, but not because of regret. Instead, Kara seemed even more stubborn, as though the more doors that closed in front of her, the more determined she became to force another one open.The room fell silent once again.Helena slowly sat down beside Kara. Her shoulders, once held straight, now slumped as well. For the first time since all of this had begun, even she no longer knew where to place her hopes."If even Victor refuses to help..." She let the sentence trail off. Her throat tightened
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"Damn it! Damn it!" Kara muttered under her breath over and over.The ride back to the hotel felt much longer than the trip to Victor's house. Sitting in the back seat of the taxi, she barely moved at all, except to mutter endlessly about everything that had happened today.The city lights began switching on one by one, their glow reflecting off the window she stared through without truly seeing. What kept replaying in her mind was no longer Victor's words one by one, but a single question that refused to be answered.Why?Why was everyone who should have been on Adrian's side turning around to defend Tara instead?Vivian, Victor, even Liora.The last name made Kara's chest tighten once more. She could still remember the little girl hiding behind Tara, crying in fear. Liora should have run into her arms. She should have chosen her, yet reality had turned out to be the exact opposite.This had to be Tara's doing. There was no way Liora could have changed so quickly without someone infl
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Kara opened her mouth, but no words came out.Victor continued calmly. "According to your story, the two of you were simply people who loved each other. Then how did Tara become Adrian's wife? Do you expect me to ignore the most important part of all this?"He paused for a moment. "Then you said you had no choice." Victor slowly shook his head with a cynical click of his tongue. "No. There is always a choice. What never existed was the courage to tell the truth."The room fell silent once again."You chose to keep your relationship a secret. You chose to keep Liora's birth a secret. And then..." Victor let out a quiet breath. His eyes never left Kara's face. "You also chose to let Tara live a life built on lies."The room fell silent again. That silence felt even more suffocating than a heated argument.Victor leaned back against the sofa and folded his hands in his lap. His expression remained calm, but the disappointment in his eyes was impossible to conceal."I don't know if there's
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Kara clenched her teeth. She had come all this way. There was no way she was leaving without seeing Victor. "Please tell him this is important.""I already have," the butler replied. "And his answer remains the same."Kara balled both hands into fists. For a moment, she truly ran out of options. But just as she was about to insist again, the sound of a car engine came from the distance.Everyone instinctively turned to look. A black luxury sedan slowly entered the villa grounds through another gate.Kara's heart began to pound faster. That car... wasn't that Victor's?The opportunity had presented itself right before her eyes. Ignoring the security guards' stares, Kara immediately walked toward the car that had just come to a stop.The rear door opened, and the man Kara had come to see stepped out calmly.He was still dressed in a perfectly tailored suit even though evening was beginning to fall. The moment he saw Kara standing several yards in front of him, he paused.Their eyes met.
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“You... what?” Kara demanded, her voice rising before she could hide it.Adrian could only let out a slow breath. “Come on, why are you making such a fuss over something so small?”“Small?” Kara stared at him in disbelief. “Giving Tara a luxury apartment at Golden Palace, and you call that small?”
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“How is she?” Tara asked.There was worry in her eyes—soft, aching, unmistakable. She stepped forward the moment the door to her room opened, as if she had been waiting for this exact second.Adrian paused, caught off guard. He hadn’t expected her to still be awake. He had assumed she’d gone to bed
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Dinner that evening unfolded exactly as Tara had expected Kara was there too.Normally, Tara would have welcomed her sister’s presence with genuine warmth. Whenever their parents joined them, the house would feel livelier filled with conversation and laughter. Though often, those conversations revo
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“Mm… slow down, Adrian.”The voice stopped Tara in her tracks just as she reached the door to her husband’s study. It was familiar—far too familiar. For a moment, she wondered if she had misheard.“…There’s no way I can go slow when it’s you.”Tara’s heart seemed to stop. That voice… Adrian?She di
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