CHAPTER 32
SLOANE'S POV
The second court hearing happened sooner than I'd planned. And with that came my anxiety.
The air was tensed, so much that it hurt my lungs.
Sterling was already seated when I arrived, smiling at me like he'd cooked up something evil. He definitely had.
"I don't like the look he's got." Scarlett mumbled, she was no exemption when it came to this suffocating tension.
"Don't let him pressure you," Celia whispered to me. "He's a jerk."
I chuckled. "You can't curse here,"
"I know," she smiled. "That's why I'm whispering."
The session began with a little briefing from the last one. Sterling's lawyer came up first.
"My lord," he began, "If you recall, I mentioned that the question is suffering some instabilities and is in need of proper care which my client her
