Joachim's pov

“Mr. Knight, the court has made a decision. The judge's voice cut through the icy and decisive. “We rule in the defendant's favor.”

I swallowed hard and couldn't believe what I was just hearing. The blood immediately drained from my face, and I was blinded by anger.

I hardly noticed them. The judge kept looking at me and said,

“ Guilty on all charges.”

Given the cracks that had just appeared in my flawless armor, he might as well have been peering through me.

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