Chapter 313

"Ma'am, I'm really sorry, but we can't take on your case." The senior partner at the firm looked genuinely uneasy. "This case... there's really no way to win unless your husband is clearly at fault. Otherwise, you’ll lose, one hundred percent. That would only hurt our firm’s reputation." Basically, what he meant was, Celeste Harper didn’t have any solid proof of Ethan Shaw's wrongdoing. And no regular law office wanted to risk offending the powerful Shaw family in Yannburgh, even if they weren’t what they used to be. A skinny camel is still bigger than a horse—sure, the Shaws had declined, but most firms still didn’t want to mess with them. After walking out of the office, Celeste felt completely drained. Even the right to decide her own divorce wasn’t in her hands—how frustrating was that? Sebastian Wexler had been keeping her company the whole time. Though he hadn’t gone into the meeting, he pretty much figured out what had happened from the outside. "Don’t be too discouraged. I just