Blackmailing His Runaway Bride by Dance-is-me (carter reed .txt) 📗

Still listening to the judge's admonishments, Isabella instantly felt cowered by her nerves and decided to look down at her lap while she tried to summon more courage.

"Well..." the naturally loud voice of the Judge boomed. "Shall we begin? I believe each party has its witnesses on ground. So, will the defendant go ahead and present their first witness?"

Gabriel's lanky attorney whose voice Isabella would be hearing for the first time got up and said, "Yes, your Honour."

Isabella's head shot up instantly. She knew it was possible, but she didn't think Gabriel would be brazen enough to falsify the presence of a witness.

Certainly, things were about to get interesting and heated.

The attorney who was on his feet fixed his gaze on Isabella for some reason. While the woman wore a small, curious frown, the man's subtly thin voice confirmed Isabella's thought. "The name of our witness is Timothy Godfrey. And I will be calling him now."

Resisting the urge to scoff, Isabella found that she had gotten some of her courage back.

The lies the incoming witness was about the lay down suddenly interested Isabella who became more than assured that, at that point, victory was assured.

Except Gabriel Manifold was able to pull some backstage strings, Isabella was indeed a step closer to getting separated from the monster she spent plenty of her precious years with.