Jaw-Dropping Son-in-Law
Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Glen's wife had passed away, so the others had been urging Glen to replace someone to keep himcompany so that he didn't need to spend the rest of his life alone.

However, no one could accept it if he were to replace a wife who was in her twenties.

Simon continued, “Find yourself a woman in her forties or fifties, okay? In that case, we might be ableto accept her. T-That woman is in her twenties! If you marry her, that's unacceptable!”

A trace of anger flashed across Glen's wrinkled old face. He then reached out his hand and smackedthe back of Simon's head. “Idiot! What are you on about?”

Simon instinctively tried to dodge it, but he failed.

After getting smacked, Simon pursed his lips and asked, “Didn't you say you like her? What did youmean by that, then?”

Glen scoffed and said, “Only you would think of it that way! I said I like her, but couldn't that mean Iwant her to marry one of my grandsons?”

“I don't want her.” Simon became emotional again. “That woman has a bad reputation, so I wouldn'twant to marry her. Granddad, I'm your grandson, okay? Why would you do that to me?”

Glen glared at him and sneered, “Who said I want her to be your wife? Stop being delusional, will you?I mean Artemis and Edmund.”

Simon was stumped. Granddad is mean, all right.

“Artemis won't accept it. He's into this woman's sister. As for Edmund, there's a chance. Everyone saysher son is of the Chivers family's bloodline, right? Who knows? Thanks to her son, she might end upbeing the next matriarch of the Chivers family,” Simon said.

Glen's eyeballs darted around. At that moment, a mysterious glint flashed across his eyes. Thingscould be blurry now. However, once the dust has settled, everything's going to be different.

Half an hour later, the trial started as scheduled.

The judge, attorneys, defendant, and the crowd were all there except for the plaintiff.

“What's going on? Why is Juliana not here yet?”

“Exactly! She's the one who submitted the claim. How could she be absent?”

“Did Luther Group threaten her? Is that why she's too scared to appear in court?”

“Hey! Watch what you say. You might get in trouble for that.”

“I'm spitting facts! If Luther Group's CEO really wants to protect Bailey the copycat, who in the countrywould dare to challenge him?”

Whispers started abounding in the courtroom.

The judge banged the gavel and turned toward the plaintiff's attorney. “Attorney for the plaintiff, whenwill your client be able to arrive? If she's late, we can only come to the conclusion that she hasvoluntarily given up the trial. All the allegations are voided, and the defendant wins.”

Matthew was starting to panic. Since half an hour prior, he had been calling Juliana more than fiftytimes. However, the automated responses told him that she was not in the service area.

“I think she's just caught up in something. Please wait for a few minutes, Your Honor,” Matthew said.

“Okay, this case is of the utmost importance, and now it has become an international issue. We willgive it another five minutes. If the plaintiff does not show up after five minutes, then we can onlydeclare the trial to be invalid, and Ms. Jefferson will not be guilty of plagiarism.”

Matthew wiped the beads of sweat off of his forehead and rang Juliana again.

This time around, not only was Juliana's phone out of service, but she had also switched off her phone.

Matthew had turned on the speaker, so everyone heard it. Did she switch off her phone?

“What the f*ck? Is Juliana really not going to show up in court?”

“If the plaintiff isn't here, how is the trial going to carry on?”

“What a blunder! We've all come to support her, and she bailed?”

“F*ck! What the hell is going on here?”

In the spectator area, Felicity's expression was turning grim by the second. I've prevented Artemis andEdmund from helping that b*tch replace an attorney. I've also prevented them from putting pressure on thecourt. However, I forgot to prevent them from getting Juliana to not appear in court! Sh*t! This is uttersh*t!

As time ticked by, comments from the crowd were getting louder and louder.

“No wonder that woman was acting so brazenly! Juliana had been prevented from appearing in court!Without the plaintiff, there'll be no trial.”

“How despicable! Is no one able to stop that woman?”

“Judging by the current situation, I think it's safe to say that she's untouchable. Bailey is a designerLuther Group had employed. If she loses this trial, Luther Group's reputation is going to get affected.There's no way Mr. Luther would let that happen!”

In the spectator area, Beatrice and Rhonda looked grim as well. Nice one, Bailey! You've resorted tousing such a despicable way to not let the trial go on. How shameless can you be?

“Time's up. Attorney for the plaintiff, your client didn't show up on time, so we can only assume she haswithdrawn her claim. Do you have any objections?” the judge asked.

At that point, Matthew's face had already turned pale. He then turned to look at Felicity. Upon seeinghow grim her expression was, he didn't dare to say anything else. Through his gritted teeth, he said,“No objections.”

The judge banged the gavel and announced, “Regarding the plagiarism case which Bailey Jeffersonhad allegedly committed, the plaintiff had failed—”

“Wait!”

A sharp voice was heard coming from the spectator area. Jessica was seen standing up, and shenodded slightly at the judge.

“Your Honor, Juliana is just Snowflake's representative. Since she had failed to show up, I think we canjust get another representative. This trial has gotten attention internationally, and the whole world iswatching. I think it's too impetuous to just let the trial end this way.” Jessica then raised her brows andlooked at Bailey sternly. In a mocking tone, she continued, “If we let her go free today, she's going toget out of control tomorrow!”

“She's right! I agree with Ms. Tanner. This case is of great importance. We can't let it end this way!”

“I agree with her view as well!”

“Count us in!”

“Wait. Apart from Juliana, where can we replace another representative? Snowflake's social circle hasbeen hidden all this while. Except for her disciple, Juliana, we don't know any of her friends or familymembers.”

Jessica flashed a smile and walked toward the plaintiff's bench in her high heels.

She stood in front of Matthew and smiled. “Snowflake shares the same mentor as my master. Hence, Ican be considered Snowflake's disciple as well. Mr. Yoder, since Snowflake is also my master, will I beable to represent her?”

Her words caused an uproar among the crowd.

Jessica's words hit everyone in the courtroom like a bolt of lightning, and everyone abruptly turnedtoward her.

Matthew was stunned for a few seconds as well. When he came back to his senses, he was thrilled.

It didn't matter who was the representative. The question was whether he could deliver the verdict hehad promised Felicity.