Defending Mr. Billionaire (Sandoval Trilogy #1) | COMPLETED

Chapter 27

Atty. Christine Villeza

"Don't be so shocked, Attorney Christine. I already investigated y'all before meeting you here."

Kinuha na muna ng isang taga-linis ang mga pinagkainan namin kaya naging malinis at malawak na ulit ang lamesa. We placed every folders, paperworks, and evidence on the table. We were only working on this discreetly. Mabuti na lang din at wala masyadong tao at wala masyadong nakakikilala sa'min dahil baka pagkaguluhan pa kami rito.

"But don't worry, Attorney, tayo lang naman ang makaaalam." dagdag pa nito at ngumiti nang bahagya sa akin.

I smiled back while I was removing my laptop from my laptop bag. "Well, it doesn't really matter. Wala namang issue roon." Dahan-dahan siyang tumango habang nakangiti pa rin sa akin.

"So, at what part where we shall start?" Jelsey cued and started typing on her laptop as well. These past few days, she's too invested in doing this case well. That might be because I was in hiatus for a month so she has to carry the burden of defending Mr. Billionaire alone.

But here I am now, I can now focus on the case more. Siguro ito na ang simula ng totoong laban. We just have to win the last court trial then it's a sure thing that Sandoval's verdict will be not guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

"About Charisse Villaluna." I replied.

"Yeah, that Sandoval's fiancé." Rina seconded. Siguro'y may alam na siya sa kaso ni Sandoval dahil hindi na siya nagtanong ng mga mabababaw na impormasyon. Hindi nga siya nagtanong kung bakit kami agad nagsimula kay Charisse eh.

Well, what more can we expect on her? "She's into vlogging and blogging. She has 207k plus followers on youtube and more than a hundred thousand on her other social media accounts. Dumami pa nang mabalitaang na-comatose siya. The sympathy is on her and on her brother, John Tyler. Kaya karamihan sa mga tao'y gustong ipakulong si Sandoval." Rina added while looking at her laptop.

That's impressive. Marami na talaga siyang nalaman sa mga pag-uusapan pa lang namin ngayon. Napangiti naman si Jeffrey kahit naglalaro ito sa kaniyang cellphone. Nasa isip siguro nito'y hindi siya nagkamali sa pagpili kay Rina para tulungan kaming imbestigahan ang kaso.

"Did you already watch some of her youtube videos?" Jelsey asked Rina while intently looking at the latter. She has a deadpan expression and I don't know why. In any way, I can feel her hostility towards Rina. Malay ko, baka nai-intimidate or something.

Or baka may kinalaman ito sa "relasyon" nila ni Jeffey. Luh? Meron ba?

"Yeah." Rina replied.

"What can you say about them?" tanong ko naman habang nakatingin sa camera ni Sandoval na naglalaman ng mga videos nila ni Charisse. "I mean, is it good? Lovely? C-Cringe?"

Napatingin sa akin si Jelsey at bahagyang ngumisi habang umiiling-iling. Si Rina naman ay halatang nagpipigil ng tawa. "Bitter." Jelsey scoffed.

"Why? Mayroon naman d'yang mga cringe couples ah! Malay mo isa sila do'n." I argued. Mas lalong natawa si Rina sa aking sinabi.

"Hindi naman sila cringe, Attorney Christine, hahaha! They were a bit lovely pero 'di ako kinikilig. I felt like there's something in it." Ngumiti si Rina muli sa akin bago humarap sa laptop niya.

"Something what?"

"Something strange." Rina answered. "Kayo? Napanood niyo na rin ba 'yong mga youtube videos ni Charisse?"

I answered first. "Yeah, Jelsey and I watched all her videos all-day long yesterday. Minimal lang 'yong parang strange scenes. At tsaka medyo. . . uhm. . . cringe talaga."