Verdict of Vengeance

To force me to surrender, Aurora issued a blacklist against me across the entire legal industry. No lawyer dared take my divorce case or handle the division of property between us.

She proudly came to my hospital bed to gloat.

"Rowan, I’ll give you one last chance. As long as you promise not to make things difficult for Kieran, you can still remain my husband. Otherwise, not only will you walk away with nothing, but I’ll make sure you end up behind bars."

Her eyes were filled with the arrogance of someone in power.

I let out a cold laugh, picked up the divorce agreement I had already prepared, and flung it straight at her face.

"Aurora, I'm telling you, this divorce is happening. No matter how capable you think you are, when the time comes, you'll be the one walking away with nothing."

Seeing that I refused to back down, Aurora completely lost her temper. "Rowan, remember this. You forced my hand. When the day comes that your reputation is ruined, even if you kneel in front of me, I won’t show you any mercy."

One month later, our divorce case was finally brought before the court.

Behind Aurora stood a lineup of elite lawyers from the legal world.

In contrast, there was no one behind me.

After both sides submitted their evidence, she shot me a contemptuous sneer.

"If you kneel and beg for mercy now, it might not be too late. Maybe I’ll soften up for the sake of our marriage."

Kieran immediately chimed in with a mocking tone, "Aurora said the house happens to need a maid. If you kneel down right now and bark like a dog three times, I might let you keep that job. After all, once you lose this case, you’ll really be a penniless nobody."

The courtroom instantly erupted with laughter, as if everyone were already eager to see me lose.

My face remained calm. Not a ripple stirred in my heart.

Seeing that I wasn’t panicking at all, Aurora let out a cold snort. She took out a flash drive and requested that it be examined as evidence on the spot.

When the screen lit up, the footage showed me completely naked, my eyes bloodshot, as I thrust frantically against a motionless woman.

My heart began pounding violently.

Aurora and Kieran had installed a camera in that room. They had recorded everything that happened that night after I was drugged.

In an instant, waves of disgusting whispers flooded the courtroom.

"This guy has no shame at all. Drugging someone and then doing that?"

"Exactly. That woman didn’t react at all the whole time. That’s a crime."

"Scum like this still has the nerve to file a divorce lawsuit and demand a share of his wife’s property? He should rot in prison."

My face turned deathly pale as I stood frozen in place.

Even the judge shot me a look of contempt, as if wishing he could send me straight to prison on the spot.

Seeing this, Kieran burst out laughing triumphantly. "If you don’t want your reputation destroyed, kneel down and bark like a dog a hundred times right now. Maybe Aurora will forgive you."

Aurora pinched his cheek affectionately, then curled her lips in a smug smile at me. "If you don’t want to spend the rest of your life in prison, kneel down, apologize, admit defeat, and come back to my side as a housekeeper. Otherwise, you know what I’m capable of."

I looked at their smug faces and pulled a cold smile.

"Have you ever heard the saying that joy often turns into disaster? If you want to use secretly recorded footage to convict me, shouldn’t you first ask whether my wife agrees?"

As soon as the words left my mouth, a graceful figure slowly walked in from the courtroom entrance.

The moment Aurora and Kieran saw who it was, they froze on the spot.

"Why are you here?!"