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What he could not accept most was Sarah even intended to hurt Shaun’s children.
Was that true?
How terrifying could a person be to do such a thing? In the past, his image of her was pure and lovely.
However, at that moment, he suddenly realized that all those words were not her at all.
His unforgettable, young unrequited love during his youthful days had been for a fake image all along.
He was a joke.
On the court, Shaun was so angry that his veins pulsed.
Some things that Thomas said had happened before Shaun was hypnotized.
Many things in his memories had been distorted. It turned out that every time Sarah got hurt was her own doing and that the seaside villa used to be his and Cate’s love nest.
No wonder Cate hated him so much.
He even foolishly gave their love nest to Sarah.
When he thought of those years he and Sarah lived in the seaside villa, he wanted to slap himself right there and then so badly. All his actions were torturing his own heart.
“You b*tch.” Shaun’s eyes were bloodshot. Even a well-mannered man like him could not resist cursing vulgar words at that moment.
“That’s not true, ” Sarah shouted amidst her frustrated and hopeless crying. “I didn’t do that. Thomas, why are you framing me? What benefit did Shaun give you? I know. Are you scared of Chester? Did you forget who made you this way?”
“You. It’s all you. ” Thomas became unreasonable too. “Why didn’t you, as my sister, stop me whenever I had evil thoughts? As long as it could hurt the people by Cate’s side, you would encourage me to do them. If it weren’t because you were so close to Shaun and his friends, I wouldn’t have been so arrogant. You were the one who made me this way today.”
“You brought everything today upon yourself.
Haven’t I cleaned up after you enough all these years? You’re so heartless and ungrateful.”
“Ha, so you got fed up with me and had people kidnap me. You secretly want to kill me, right? You evil woman, I’ll pull you down with me even if I’m unlucky.”
“You’re crazy. When did I kidnap you? Don’t talk nonsense.”
The siblings, Thomas and Sarah, started quarreling publicly in the courtroom.
“Silence.” The judge gavelled hard. She said angrily, “Do you all take this place as a market? If this quarrel continues, you’ll face detainment.”
Sarah cried and said to the judge, ” I’m innocent. ” Thomas said, “What I said was the truth.”
The judge’s temple throbbed. She hit the gavel furiously again. “Quiet.”
She glared at Sarah. With that, Stevens held Sarah back in a hurry and told her not to say anything more. The judge was really infuriated.
The room finally quieted down.
The judge said coldly, “The accused, you can present your statement.”
Sarah quickly stood up and choked. “Although I don’t understand why my brother would help Shaun, what I said before was true. When I was 18, Shaun confessed to me and asked me to date him. In order to love him, I did the things he liked and even became a psychologist to cure his illness.
Everything I did was for his sake. I’m unsatisfied that I gave him more than ten years of my life only for them to be fed to a dog. I’m even wrongly accused as an unscrupulous woman. It’s outrageous. I’m really… unwilling to accept this. “
Toward the end, she started sobbing.
The sound of her crying echoed in the whole courtroom. Everyone silently listened to her weeping, and they all had different expressions on their faces.
Mireya, who was sitting behind, could not help but scold, “She’s really good at acting. F*ck, why didn’t she become an actress?”
Eliza squinted her eyes. “My acting skills are nothing compared to hers.”
Cate sighed. “I just want to puke.”
“You’re pregnant too?” Mireya asked in excitement. “No, Shaun can’t make you pregnant, right?”
“…I meant I’m so disgusted by her words that I want to puke,” Cate said speechlessly.
“Haha, you have to understand me. It’s the pregnancy brain.” Mireya smiled sheepishly. “Do you think the judge will be touched by Sarah’s acting?”
“If it was a male judge, he may be. However, for a female judge…” Cate laughed.
Eliza glanced at Cate and continued Cate’s sentence. “Guys always go weak easily a t the sight of women’s tears. However, as a woman, a female judge won’t go soft-hearted. On the contrary, she’ll feel more repulsive toward women who like to use crying to gain sympathy. If you don’t believe it, look around. Among the audience, most of the people who have gone soft-hearted at Sarah’s words are men. Most women scoff at it.”
Mireya glanced left and right. “I realize you two have quite good chemistry.”
“It’s not chemistry. It’s normal judgment.” Cate smiled.
“That’s right.” Eliza nodded.
Mireya was speechless. “That’s enough. Don’t make it look as if I can’t make normal judgments, okay?”
“You even said I’m pregnant. Do you think you can still make normal judgments?” Cate dealt her a blow.
When Sarah was almost done crying, the judge said to Shaun, “The plaintiff can present his statement.”
Shaun stood up and gazed at Sarah. Beneath his short black hair, his perfect, handsome face was full of sadness and regret. “If someone asked me what first love is, I would think it’s a nightmare. I regret why I wanted to get to know you back then. You became my light during my younger days, so I treated you like family. For more than ten years, I gave what I could. Whether it was you or your family, I let all of you take and request anything from me. I only got married after you went missing for a few years.
“Initially, it was just a contractual marriage with my wife. However, I gradually fell in love with her the more we spent time together. After that, you came back, and I felt guilty toward you. In order to thank you, I was always the first to lend a hand whenever you had a problem. But I didn’t know my actions had hurt my wife and drove her and my kids away from me for three years.
“I regret it, especially these days when I’ve found out the truth. I regret it so much that I’ve been drunk every day and desperately want to stab myself to death with a knife. Because I regret it, I chopped off this finger of mine to atone for my sins.”
He raised his finger, which was still wrapped in a bandage. Everyone was horrified.
Shaun continued saying, “In fact, I only just got to learn about the things that Thomas said earlier. I don’t think I owe Sarah anything. I just feel sorry for my ex-wife. I used to treat her as an unscrupulous woman who was greedy and vain, but I misunderstood her. I owe her too much.
“I’m a bloody, living example. If other men experienced the same situation as me, I want to tell you guys this. Exes are exes. If you’re married, then you should end your relationship with them. Don’t hurt your wife.”
“The reason I want to take back the 1oo billion dollars isn’t that I need the money, but because I think she doesn’t deserve it. A greedy woman like her doesn’t deserve to have that huge amount of money. If not, it’ll make some bad people in society and even a group of young people think they can take shortcuts and reap benefits by deceiving other people’s feelings.”
Shaun’s sharp eyes stared at Sarah. “I hope you’ll be able to earn money through your own abilities and have your feet on the ground.”
After he said his last sentence, Sarah’s face was as pale as snow.
Shaun was incredible.
He laid down such long personal repentance of his feelings at the start and included a positive implication on society toward the end.
That case had gotten very big, so the judge would emphasize bringing positive influences to the society.
Sure enough, the judge became solemn. After communicating with two juries for a while, she said, “After two hearings, the court has listened to both parties’ statements. The following is the judgment of the court for this case:
“The court deems that Sarah should return the 100 billion dollars and the seaside villa to Shaun immediately. This money isn’t yours from the start. As for all the expenses Shaun spent on Sarah for more than ten years, there’s no need to get them back. This is a punishment for Shaun. As a man, you betrayed your wife and your children. You brought this upon yourself. This is a lesson for you.”
The judge paused for a while before looking at Sarah. “Just now, there was a good sentence from the plaintiff. People can’t reap benefits by cheating other people’s feelings. What you have is already something that many others can’t have even after working hard their entire life. Don’t be too greedy. “
“This case has ended. The court adjourns.”
After the judge left the courtroom, Sarah sat on the chair, devastated.
Her 100 billion dollars was gone just like that.
She was even told off by the judge in the courtroom. For Sarah, that was adding insult to injury.
Stevens glanced at her indifferently, and then he walked toward Shaun. “You really do deserve the title of the top lawyer in Australia. You purposely put yourself at a disadvantage during the first hearing, right? You want to make this case go big and let the judge notice the negative influences that this case brings. 1oo billion dollars can tempt many people. If the judge didn’t sentence the money to you, many people would learn from Sarah.”
“That’s right, but you realized it too late.”
Shaun smiled. “Even if I didn’t call Thomas in for the second trial, the outcome would be the same. Even if the judge felt that I was in the wrong, she would still have to declare that I won in order to bring positive influence to society.”
“You’re amazing.” Stevens nodded. He took the gamble and accepted the loss. ” I hope there’ll be a chance to go against you again in the future.”
