"Yes."
Her voice trembled a little. She had expected to be happy and content when this moment came. But until her assistant left, Anna's heart was still as calm as a puddle.
Anna felt like things were going entirely differently than she had imagined.
Shouldn't Ace be angry and raging and trying to strangle her?
Why was he so calm?
What was wrong with him?
...
A week later, in court.
Ace is charged with trade secret violation.
Like what he had done to her, Anna gave it all back to him.
How desperate and helpless she was then. Now, the man was going through it, too.
Anna cocked her head and took a deep breath.
She had finally waited for the moment of payback.
But she was stunned. She had expected Ace to hire the best lawyer in the city and use all his connections to get off the hook. But when the man calmly and surely said, "I plead guilty," Anna was in a trance, her head suddenly buzzing.
Like an electric shock, she froze in the plaintiff's seat.
"I plead guilty."
