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BRUCE AND August exchanged deadly glances as the air was filled with tension. Both of them were silent, and the only noise in the courtroom for now is the phone vibrating from Bruce’s pocket.
“Why aren’t you answering? It may be an important call,” August commented, glancing in Bruce’s pocket for a second before he moved his gaze again to his opponent’s eyes. “Who knows if it’s Father who was going to scold you at any time?”
“Fuck you.”
Bruce showed August his middle finger and shot him a bloodshot gaze before he went out of the courtroom, leaving August alone inside. He almost wanted to go back as he heard August’s sardonic laughter as soon as he left.
But he realized that August may be right.
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