All Clear, Attorney

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NEXT WEEK. THE trial will begin the week after next.

May 25, Wednesday.

And as they wait for the trial, they should start reviewing the loads of evidence and investigate potential defenses that will prove that the defendant is innocent.

Because he is.

"Deep thoughts, huh?"

Her eyes fluttered when she felt fingers pressing on each side of her head. Cadence's shower gel made her close her eyes, lalo na't marahan nitong minasahe ang kanyang ulo.

Wait, Cadence is massaging her head?

Napaayos siya ng upo at gumalaw sa kanyang kinauupuan upang tingnan ito. He was standing behind her. Cadence stopped massaging her, and she tried so hard to stop herself from looking at his biceps.

"Cad."

"Yeah." Lumingon si Cadence sa kama niya kung saan natutulog si Guinevere at ngumiti nang tipid bago siya muling tiningnan. "I knocked, but you didn't answer. A penny for your thoughts?" He cocked his head to the other side, his hazel eyes held curiosity.

Sunod-sunod siyang umiling. "Chismoso ka." Bumelat siya rito. That's what Enesha always tells her before.

Chismoso si Cadence at mahilig mambuking ng mga bagay-bagay, but Cadence knows what to spill and what not to spill, though.

A thing she finds cute. Wala lang. She just didn't expect that behind his cold aura is someone who's fond of eavesdropping and leaking pieces of information that needed to be leaked.

Cadence clicked his tongue and shook his head. "I guess, that's how Enesha always introduces me. And you believe her because?" Umarko ang isang kilay nito na para bang naaaliw ito sa isipang pinaniwalaan niya ang mga pinagsasabi ni Enesha tungkol dito.

"She's your sister, of course! At halata naman, Cad." Ngumuso siya rito at saka ito inismiran.

He just let out a cold chuckle and messed her hair up. "It's good to see you without the disguise on. It's been a while."

Napahawak siya sa kanyang mukha at tumango-tango. Yeah, it's been a while since he saw her like this. She tried so hard not to give meaning to his words and stared into his eyes.

"Bakit ka pala naparito? Checking on Guinevere?"

"And on you."

"Ha?" Napatanga siya sa sinabi nito at parang may kung anong naglalaro sa kanyang tiyan. Shit.

What does that mean?

"I want to show you something regarding the defendant's son," he clarified and gave her a small smile.

She tried to shrug off the bitterness spidering its way up her spine. 'Yon naman pala ang ibig sabihin no'n. Bakit ba kasi ang delulu niya?

Sighing, she let out a small smile. "Ano iyon? Why do you think he did it?" Nag-angat siya ng tingin dito, but Cadence just stared at her. Para ba itong nag-iisip kung ano ang sasabihin sa kanya.

She stared back at his hazel eyes, and she remembered someone she tried so hard to forget. Memories, which she thought she had already buried, resurfaced again in just a snap, making her avert her gaze and blink her eyes.

Fuck.

"Follow me, Jacinda. Let's go to my office." Nagsimula na itong maglakad papunta sa pinto.

She took a look at Guinevere first who was sleeping soundly on her bed before following Cadence. Binaybay nila ang tahimik na pasilyo patungo sa opisina nito. Cadence is walking ahead of her, so she could clearly see how the black shirt stretched across his broad back.