You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)

Chapter 430

Yoel pushed the check back to Amelia. His behavior was as if he did not intend to take the check at all.

"Auntie Harington, I can't take your money. I really can't. I will go to other lawyers and pay my own

bills."

"How much do you have? For a rookie like you. Besides, this is also for the sake of the case. Just take

it. Money makes things easier."

Amelia's heart truly ached for Yoel.

To avoid being rejected again, she quickly left with a goodbye.

Amelia did not realize that she had crossed the boundaries.

After Amelia left, a woman in a luxurious suit entered the room. She looked at Yoel, who was collecting

the check and sneered. "Did another fish bite your hook?"

"What nonsense. This is the lawyer's fee."

Yoel said with a serious expression.

The woman laughed at his words. "What? Hahaha, even our three- star lawyers don't receive as much

as you do. Looks really do help you in society."

"What are you talking about? I have legitimate skills."

After Yoel put away the check, he stood by the window and saw that Amelia's car had left. He was

ready to leave as well.

As soon as he walked over to the door, the woman stopped him by wrapping an arm around his waist.

She leaned in closer and hooked her other arm around his shoulders. "You've borrowed my place so

don't you think you should pay rent?" She trailed off as her fingers played with the buttons on his shirt.

"Maybe you can pay me using your legitimate skills..."

The meaning behind her words couldn't be more obvious.

However, Yoel looked at the woman in front of him with a disgusted expression. He pushed her away

and said, "No, Miss Dormer. This is the last trick I'll play. I'll clean up my act and quit in the future. I'll

put the rent on your card this time."

This lawyer was named Cynthia Dormer. Although she had been pushed away by Yoel, she wasn't

angry. Instead, she sat in a chair and looked at him as he fixed his clothes. She then asked, "Which

woman is so charming, that she made you clean up your act? It can't possibly be Auntie Harington,

right?"

Yoel's target audience was middle- aged women. A few years back, he had also tried to trick Cynthia,

but she immediately saw through his act.

The two had even been booty call for a short while.

Cynthia was shocked that Yoel had stated that he would quit.

"I'd rather take a fancy to you than the woman just now." Yoel straightened his dress shirt, picked up his

suit jacket, and left.

During the second trial, Coralie had already been pregnant for more than four months.

Although she tried to cover her stomach with a dress, her slightly bulging stomach was still very

obvious.

Skylar accompanied her to sit in the last row of the courtroom.

Soon, the lawyers of both sides took their seats and Valerie was also brought in.

Although she was seated far away, Coralie was still shocked when she saw Valerie. She appeared

completely different from her memory.

Back in those days, Valerie was as proud as the spring breeze. She looked presentable at any given

moment - exquisite makeup, elegant clothes, and a pretty smile on her face.

However, the Valerie in front of her had on saggy and oversized clothes. Her hair had lost its shine and

there was not a trace of makeup on her face.

She seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden.

"Is that... Valerie?"

Coralie was in disbelief.

"Yes." Skylar nodded. "If you no longer want to listen to the trial, just tell me. We'll leave together."

Although Skylar didn't attend the last time, he had heard about the results from Marcellus.

In fact, Valerie couldn't defend herself any longer from the crimes that she had committed. However,

she was still dead set on acting pitiful and innocent and she was determined to claim that she had done

nothing wrong as she acted cluelessly.

He was afraid that Valerie's act would anger Coralie.

However, when Coralie looked at the lawyer that Valerie had hired, her expression froze. She pulled at

Skylar's sleeve and asked in a low voice. "The lawyer is..."

"It's the man who wanted to ask Xenia out the last time."

Skylar helped Coralie to finish what she wanted to say.

"I also saw him on TV last time. Is he a lawyer? Why doesn't he look like a lawyer?"

"Actually, we've run a check. He's not a lawyer... Marcellus said that he was also an amateur in defense

last time. I don't know why the Rae Family would hire him."

Skylar was also very confused about this.

Even if all the lawyers in A City were reluctant to take on this case, the reward that the Rae family had

offered was hefty. As long as the Rae family was willing to throw large sums of money into it, there

would still be outstanding lawyers who were willing to take on the case.

No matter what, the Rae family would not find someone who could not even be considered as a lawyer.

"He's not a lawyer?"

"Yes, we ran a background check. He is a model, just an ordinary model."

In terms of appearance, Yoel naturally couldn't compare to Skylar.

However, he was younger, so he looked more lively.

"What? The Rae Family found a model to defend Valerie?"

Upon hearing this, Coralie, who had been in a heavy mood, almost burst out laughing. Valerie had

always been arrogant. Not even in her wildest dreams would Coralie have thought that the Rae family

would hire a model as a lawyer.

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Skylar saw that Coralie was in a good mood and relaxed a little.

Soon, the second trial began.

The lawyers from both sides began to describe the evidence they had.

As expected, Marcellus recited the laws that were relevant to the case and provided the evidence and

recordings. Not only was he a professional, but there was simply no room for Valerie to oppose.

Instead, Yoel merely took a book and pretended to read it. Then, he stated, "There's no validity in this

recording. Both the people in the recording have already died in the accident. No one can prove that

they have said such words. Furthermore, there was no surveillance footage on the scene of the

accident 11 years ago. Do you have any evidence to prove that Finley was not the murderer?"

Yoel's approach this time was different from the last time. He was trying to deny it no matter what!

There was nothing to prove that the recording was real. Even if it was, Finley was already dead and

could not vouch for it.

Coralie saw that Valerie's expression had relaxed significantly when she heard the way Yoel was

defending her. It looked like Valerie had planned for things to go this way as well.

Yoel's words had pushed the case into a dead end but Coralie saw that Marcellus's expression was

very calm, as if everything was under his control.

After that, it was Valerie's turn to speak. Marcellus asked Valerie what she would've done eleven years

ago, if she had switched roles with Finley and knocked into the Chariott family.

Upon hearing this, Valerie immediately answered excitedly, "Of course, my first action would be to

choose to save the person. As the daughter of the Rae Family, I have received a good education since

my childhood. Although my family isn't as successful as we are now, I will never escape because of

something like this. Even if this person falls ill and is paralyzed in bed, I would pay for all the medical

expenses. This is only a small number for the Rae Family. I can't do something against my conscience

for this small amount of money."

Valerie spoke righteously without even a moment's hesitation. It was as if she had always thought so

and would have done so.

Sure enough, after hearing what she said, the judges behind her whispered to each other and seemed

to think that Valerie's words were reasonable.