My Great Escape Led Me to You (Emily Blair) novel Chapter 619

The case against Ryan Cox moved at breakneck speed. The police and the Bureau of Investigation joined forces, charging him with embezzlement, corporate espionage, and attempted sexual assault. The court was already setting a date; the trial would begin any day now. With so many charges stacked against him, there was no way Ryan Cox would walk away unscathed.

Ryan’s scandal sent shockwaves through his company—share prices plummeted, and the boardroom devolved into chaos. The Cox Family had lost its leader, and infighting erupted among its members.

With crises erupting both inside and out, Lucas Cox was barely keeping his own head above water. He handed everything about Ryan’s situation over to Emily Blair.

Now that Ryan Cox had fallen from grace, those friends and relatives who once basked in his favor vanished. Not a single one offered to hire a lawyer for him. In the end, the court assigned him a public defender.

Emily Blair went to see Donna Thomas.

Ever since Donna’s neighbors found out what had happened to her, Emily relocated her, putting her somewhere quiet—somewhere out of reach of the gossip and sideways glances.

When Emily arrived, Donna had already seen the news about Ryan Cox. She looked better. There was color in her cheeks again; her eyes weren’t as haunted.

“If you’re alright, I’ll get going. I’ve got work to do,” Emily said, turning to leave.

“Ms. Blair.”

Donna called after her, her voice a little shaky.

Emily paused and turned back, her gaze calm and steady. “Is there something else?”

Donna’s lips parted, but for a moment, no words came. Since the day her ordeal with Ryan Cox became public knowledge, she’d felt the sting of a thousand different looks—pity, sympathy, mockery, even contempt. Every glance, whether well-intentioned or cruel, left her raw and uneasy, as if she were a bug pinned under a microscope.

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