Chapter 8 Nora's first sign of breakdown was frantically calling me . ] ] I didn't answer a single call ] So she started texting me. ] From initial curses , to later pleas , to final hysteria . ] [ Harper , you vicious bitch ! You'll get what's coming to you ! [ Harper , I was wrong , please let me go , I'll never do it again . ] ] [ Marcus forced me ! It was him , he seduced me step by step , he ruined me ! ] ] ] [ Please , see me once , I'll tell you everything ! ] ] I looked at those messages feeling nothing . Too late for regrets now . But her last message reminded me of something . ] I needed her testimony . She was the most important witness in Marcus's criminal chain I had Vivian contact her to meet at the firm's conference room . After just a few days , Nora looked like a completely different person . She wore plain jeans and a t - shirt , no makeup , hair dull and lifeless , eyes empty . Gone was that confident , sharp elite from the courtroom . Seeing me , tears immediately poured from her eyes . " Harper ... " she fell to her knees before me with a thud . ] " I was wrong . I was so wrong ! " She grabbed my legs , crying hysterically . "Please let me go , I don't want to go to prison , I'm still young , I can't have a criminal record " I pulled my legs free and looked down at her coldly .[ ] " Scared now ? " " When you were wearing my silk robe posting on social media from my bed , why weren't you scared ? " ] " When you were showing off in court with my husband's stolen case strategy , why weren't you scared ? " ] Her sobs gradually quieted , leaving only despair on her face " Talk . " I sat on the sofa , looking down at her . " Tell me everything you know about Marcus . " ] " Especially about Ocean Tech and that VP Lee . " ] Nora shuddered all over , looking at me in terror . [ ] " How ... how do you know about that ? " ] " What's done in the dark will come to light . " I said flatly . " This is your last chance . " [ ] " Be a cooperating witness and get lenient treatment . " [ ] " Or rot in prison with Marcus ." " Your choice . " Survival instinct overcame her last illusions about Marcus ] For the next two hours , Nora spilled everything like beans from a broken bag . How Marcus had lured her with sweet words and career prospects . ] How he'd taught her step - by - step to forge evidence and win that commercial fraud case . How they'd used that lawsuit " victory " to connect with VP Lee . ]] " VP Lee was our big client , " Nora's voice trembled . " Marcus said as long as we served him well , we'd get all his company " future legal business . " " So you two worked together using the same methods to destroy his competitors ? " I asked . [ ] Nora nodded . " This ' Pacific Industries v . TH Corp case was also part of the plan ? " ] Nora's expression suddenly became very strange . She hesitated for a long time before speaking in a mosquito - like voice . [ ] " Not ... not entirely . " ] " The Pacific Industries v . TH Corp case was special for Marcus . " || " He said he had to win . " ] " Because ... because behind 'TH Corp , there's someone who knows a huge secret about him . " ] ] beat . ] ] My heart skipped a beat . A secret even I didn't know ? ] Om