The Kiss that Sparked it All (Ellinor and Theo)
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Chapter 307

“Mr. Quinne, your reputation with Greenhaven is quite high, but now it's time to defend a man accus Case Quinne responded politely but firmly. “I'm a lawyer. My job is to fight for the fairest outcomes f Balfour chuckled, “Well, if you say so. I'm all eyes to see how you'll prove her innocence against the s As Ellinor was seated by an officer, the suspect who had attacked Patricia was soon brought in by an Seeing the suspect, Patricia tucked herself into Balfour's arms out of fear...

Balfour held her, murmuring soothing words. He looked up at the suspect who had once bullied Patr Case Quinne started

questioning, “Mr. Zachary, we've met before, so I won't introduce myself again. Now, please describe in detail how you committed the crime.”

Zachary had already confessed and had nothing to defend. He nodded obediently and began: “Three nights ago, Ellinor asked me to

meet by Trent River, transferred me $100,000 as a down payment, asking me to hurt a girl named Pa I thought, I could get the money and sleep with

a pretty girl, so I said yes impulsively. Later, Ellinor contacted me, told me where Patricia was in whict And then, I was caught by the police.”

After he finished, Case Quinne immediately asked, “So you're saying that you only committed the cri Zachary confirmed, “Yes!”

“So how did you and Ellinor meet?”

“It was accidental. She... found my contact online and reached out to me.”

Case Quinne continued, “As I understand, you were laid off from a company two months ago, but yo At that time, you just recommended the barbecue restaurant to her for a commission, and you signe was nothing else!”

Zachary lowered his head with a flicker in his eyes, “That's because she asked me to pretend to be th “Really? You were pretending to be the flyer guy? If you were pretending, then why did you need to : attack Ms. Howard? Does this plan require two months of preparation? Isn't that too cautious?” After thinking for a while, Zachary firmly said, “Ellinor stressed that I should be careful! She said that Ms. Patricia had a past with her husband, so she was jealous of Ms. Patricia, asking me

to prepare in advance and wait until Ms. Howard returned to the country to find an opportunity to a Case Quinne suddenly raised his voice, “You're lying! Two months ago, my client didn’t even know M Zachary seemed flustered, “Because... oh man! I don’t remember exactly, but it's Ellinor who transfer: this! I have the transfer record on my phone, you can check if you don't believe me!”

Case Quinne had of course already examined the evidence.

“The phone my client used was lost for a while that day, picked up by someone, and handed over to At this point, Balfour seemed a bit impatient. He interrupted, “Mr. Quinne, please don't overturn the evidence. I'm not interested in hearing your assumptions or possibilities, they are not persuasive. I ju witness the police mentioned? If there isn't, I'm leaving!”

Case Quinne glanced at his watch, clearly anxious, and then at Ellinor...

The new witness should have arrived by now, had something happened on the way?

"Excuse me, I need to go outside and make a phone call.”