True Love Waits novel Chapter 1311

Later, to Phoebe's surprise, Erica announced in public that she had even stolen other people's paintings as well. Before Phoebe could deny the accusation, however, a girl was brought to the court to testify. When questioned, the girl showed enough evidence to prove that Phoebe had indeed stolen her works.

As the morning passed, the session was finally coming to an end. Someone might have helped Erica in secret, and the case was rather simple, so the court had no trouble to give its verdict on the spot.

For infringing Matthew Huo's portraiture right, Phoebe had to compensate him with ten million dollars. As for the art theft, she had to compensate the girl and do a public apology.

The ten million compensation shall be paid within a month. If she couldn't do it, she would have to face jail time for the next five years.

By the time Erica walked out of the court, the reporters who had been surrounding the place were already gone. She didn't understand why but didn't think much about it either.

Meanwhile, not far away from the courthouse, a man was waiting in his yellow supercar when he saw a group of people coming out. Quickly, he got out of his vehicle and called, "Erica!"

Erica, who was talking to Kelvin, heard someone calling her name. Following the sound of his voice, she soon found Watkins waving at her.

With a bright smile, she immediately walked towards him. "Watkins, you're here!"

"Yes. I came as soon as my class was over. How's it going?" Watkins' smile reached his eyes when he spoke.

"Thanks to Mr. Fei, the case went smoothly, and Phoebe has already gotten her sentence." Erica didn't expect that everything would go on so well.

Hearing this, Watkins was also surprised. "So soon?"

It seemed that someone was helping Erica behind her back. Needless to ask, he knew exactly who that person was.

"Yes! It was all easily solved!" Erica grinned.

Knowing what was going on, Watkins changed the subject. "It's time for lunch. Let's go and celebrate your victory. It's my treat!"

Before Erica could say anything, Paige stepped in and responded, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chai, but Mr. Huo has told me in advance that Mrs. Huo's health is the most important thing now. So he asked me to take her back as soon as the court session was over. Maybe it will be for the best if you don't celebrate today."

If Watkins insisted on taking Erica anyway, Paige was sure that she would lose her job by the next morning.

Watkins looked at Paige and smiled, "Well, it's okay. We can take a rain check then, Erica!" 'What a bossy man this Matthew Huo is!' he thought.

"Okay!" Erica agreed, but she was actually quite confused. She didn't understand why no one told her that Matthew wanted Paige to take her back to the company.

However, since Paige had no reason to lie, she believed her.

The moment they were about to get in the car, Erica saw Phoebe and her lawyer coming out of the court.

Smiling, Erica waved at the miserable woman. "Hi, Miss Su!" Her tone was full of complacency.

Phoebe, on the other hand, met Erica's gaze with a straight face. Nonetheless, it was impossible not to see the hatred in her eyes.

Erica didn't mind it. In fact, she took the opportunity to give her a quick reminder. "My lawyer has given you my bank account. Don't forget to transfer the money to me as soon as possible! Ten million, not a penny less!"

Enraged, Phoebe stared at her and retorted, "I'm starting to think you're not living a comfortable life at all. Despite Matthew's fortune, you're so eager to put your hands in a mere ten million dollars that I wonder if you've ever seen money before."