Love Game With The Rebel Billionaire

Chapter 104: Effect

"B-Because... no one... got..." he stammered, still trying to crawl toward me.

No one else had been here except me, so he had every reason to believe the camera would remain undiscovered.

They showed conversations with various people-wealthy and influential figures-discussing illegal transactions. It seemed he kept these as leverage to blackmail them if they didn't comply with his demands. Tricky, but I had to admit, I liked it.

"Is this how you handled the situation five years ago?" I asked coldly, staring at him. My symptoms were worsening, but my anger overpowered the pain.

My vision darkened when I saw two specific videos. There was no audio, but I could clearly identify the people in them. One featured Silver, the other Simon. Was this why my father wanted him executed?

When he didn't answer, I removed the memory card from the camera and tucked it into the tip of my shoe.

"Johanson Windwood, a senator for almost a decade, soon to run for president... What do you think will happen when everyone finds out about your dirty secrets?"

I trusted Evangeline to extract more evidence against this scumbag, but what I held now was substantial enough to ruin his reputation and his illegal ventures. "W-Who are you?" he croaked.

"Oh, I'm Sapphire," I answered with a smirk. "Simon Parker's illegitimate daughter."

I noticed him attempting to press the red button under the table, but I swiftly pulled him away.

"This is for your own good, senator. You're going to get killed."

I wasn't lying. The contents of his camera would undoubtedly lead to his assassination if anyone else discovered them.

But I needed answers before the poison took me.

I drank the poison, but I had no intention of dying.

as to my bad luck, the antidote isn't

said. My lips were parched, but I forced myself to stay strong. "If you answer my questions, maybe I'll spare your life." Yes, I'd bluff, even though I

It's an antidote. Amazing, right?" I added, showing him a black

the same poison I'd put in the wine-the only thing I could

your life." My voice was soft, yet it echoed through the room, carrying

more labored. "Does your father

my fists and biting my lower lip as my vision blurred and the room spun. I

would I know if everything was set and I could leave? I badly needed the antidote. Of all things to forget, why did it have

grabbed my bag and pulled out

the picture at him. It showed Ash, his face still recognizable

working for Coleman Company. Tell me everything about that guy-where he's been and what

he vomited blood right in front of me. Some even

were bulging, and his

he's not..."

what?" I asked him in

face turned red, and he started coughing more violently. I froze

symptoms. My heart ached, as if it were being crushed, but that

before I arrived. Then it

of combining the two toxins in

turned on my

Finnick and

they'd been waiting

the poison I gave him," my voice laced with panic. "Someone else wanted

act like that. This only meant one thing-he employed such tactics because he didn't trust the people he was dealing with. It's his way of protecting

something, and they want to dispose of him. I need to

not something we'll find here, and

for