NovelEnglishChapter 43
| glanced around. People parted for us like waves, but my eyes stopped at Jess. She stood with a cell phone
clutched in her hand, her eyes red from crying, yet glaring atas if | were a
curse that wouldn't die. Her bottom lip trembled.
| turned away.
Jimson’s face was blank, frozen in stwisted mix of horror
and disbelief.
| looked right at him. “Still going to pretend you had nothing to
do with it?”
Jimson scoffed, trying to act composed. “You've got the wrong
guy. Looks like you're just trying to ruin her reputation in front
of Alexander.”
That low blow hit Jess like a slap. Her jaw clenched, and she
stepped forward, eyes shining. “You're such a liar,” she snapped,
voice cracking. “She’s just acting-trying to win everyone's
sympathy!”
“Enough,” Alexander said coldly, not even glancing at her. “Jess,
your jealousy is no longer excusable. You've crossed the line.”
Jess opened her mouth again but closed it just as fast, stunned
silent.
| sighed. “Jess isn’t the problem right now” I looked back at Jimson. “You really think you were alone in that
house with
me?”
His confidence slipped, barely noticeable. Just a flicker in his
eyes, a twitch in his lip. He straightened his spine.
“You're making things up.”
“I left a tape recorder,” | said, tone calm but firm. “It’s voice-
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running since yesterday. Everything-your conversation with
John, the threats, the entire disgusting mess-is on it.”
Yve, who was quiet until she whispered,“Are you bluffing.”
“Of course | am.It’s the only way to break him.”
“Do you think he’ll crack?”
“He has to.”
Alexander tilted his head. “Where is the recorder?”
“At the old seaside mansion. | can draw a map.”
“No need,” Alexander said, eyes locked on Jimson. “John already
confessed it's his property. Gai is retrieving the recorder now.”
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That was a twist | hadn't expected-but a welcone.
Jimson'’s face visibly stiffened.
The tension in the room spiked like a live wire. Several people exchanged glances. Whispers filled the
background. | saw the
panic starting to bloom on sfaces. But Jimson... Jimson still
played the calm card.
“You're grasping at straws,” he said. “Even if you have
something, it can be edited. Fake. Anyone can record voices these days!”
“You think | don’t know that?” | said, voice colder. “Which is
why the recorder uploads auto the cloud every ten minutes.
Nothing you say now can undo what's already on file.”
That was lie number two.
Alexander pulled out his phone and gestured to the others in
the room. “If Olivia's telling the truth-and | believe she is this
recording will make national headlines. You still want to stand
by your story?”
One by one, others in the room reached for their phones too,
cameras aimed at Jimson.
| turned slightly. “Alpha, do you have a laptop or a computer?”
“I'll have one brought in.”
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He gave a short command. Within minutes, a sleek black laptop
was placed on the table beside me.
Jimson’s composure fractured.
He stared at the laptop like it was a live bomb.
“I can give you the login,” | said sweetly. “We can listen
together.”
“I-" he started, but the words died in his throat. He glanced at
the door like he was calculating escape routes. Beads of sweat
broke out on his forehead. His shoulders started to hunch as if
his body was collapsing under the weight of the lie.
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“But | think you're scared. And now you should be.”
His hand shot out and grabbed the laptop-not to destroy it, but
to clutch it like a beggar clings to his last meal.
His lips trembled as he turned to me. “Let's... settle this
privately.”
| raised an eyebrow
He was sweating, desperate, cornered.
Perfect.
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Olivia's POV
“You tried to rape me,” | said, my voice steady despite the
ringing in my ears. “You tiedup, heldcaptive, and if |
hadn’t jumped into the sea, | might not be standing here. So
don’t you dare tellthis can be talked out.”
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joke, that’s all.”
“A joke?” | echoed. “You call tying someone up and threatening
them a joke? You think sniffing someone’s cheek and touching
their legs is funny?”
He opened his mouth, clearly fumbling for a lie, but I didn’t give
him time.
“Why were you crouched besideand caressing my leg?” |
asked, raising my voice so everyone in the room could hear.
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