The Unexpected Verdict

Hazel’s POV

The ride to the meeting felt like a march to the gallows. Every second, my chest tightened with the same thought circling like a curse — those pictures, those videos. They had already spread like wildfire, feeding hungry mouths and greedy eyes. Now, I was about to face Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Jin, one of Silas’s Chinese investors. Men who held power in their hands. Men who could tear down