Chapter 40

LUCAS

“Order! Order!!” The judge wielded his gavel and pounded it repeatedly. “Order in court!!”

It was my intention to rile her up so we could drag out this charade. She insisted on taking this to court so I would through every curveball and drag it out until she could no longer afford her legal fees. I was well aware that she’d been selling her jewelry to pay the high amounts and I’d been the mysterious buyer that gave her next to nothing for my precious family heirlooms. She’d become desperate. Which is exactly where I wanted her.

“Bastardo!” Camille screeched, kicking and screaming like a toddler as the guards held her back. “Cheat!” she yelled after I offered to allow her to take all her clothes as her only settlement. “They’re mine! You’re not doing me any favors!”

“Camille please calm down,” Drew tried reasoning with her errant client. “If you don’t you will be thrown out and made to pay a fine.”

“No! I will not be quiet while that selfish pig walks away with everything!”