Chapter 372

Emmeline watched them go, her eyes scanning the crowd.

Minnie caught her attention. She waved happily before heading out with her husband.

Emmeline looked everywhere, but she was unable to spot her brother in the sea of faces she had never seen before.

Something electrifying and warm flowed between her and Zavian when she found him standing close to the back wall. The tenderness in his expression drew a bright smile from her lips, unbidden and genuine. Her heart ached with longing to cross the room, to speak with him and finally give voice to feelings she’d suppressed for far too long.

“My dear client, calm yourself down.” Brody’s dry interruption sliced through her reverie. “The trial’s still ongoing. What if someone saw you devouring each other with your eyes? The walls in this courthouse might as well be made of glass.”

“Why are you so focused on us?” Emmeline turned to face him, embarrassment coloring her cheeks a delicate shade of pink. The flush s