Chapter 43

I 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 at me as if I were a

curse that wouldn’t die. Her bottom lip trembled.

I turned away.

Jimson’s face was blank, frozen in some twisted mix of horror

and disbelief.

I 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.

I 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.”

said, tone calm but

up to forty–eight hours. It’s

yesterday. Everything–your


the threats, the entire

until she whispered,“Are you

the only way

you think he’ll

“He has to.”

head.

mansion.

need,” Alexander said, eyes locked on Jimson.

his property. Gai is retrieving

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I hadn’t

Jimson’s face visibly stiffened.

the room spiked like a live wire. Several people exchanged glances. Whispers filled the


starting to bloom on some faces. But Jimson… Jimson

played the calm card.

straws,” he said.

be edited. Fake. Anyone

that?”

the recorder uploads audio to the cloud every ten

say now can undo what’s already on

lie number

and gestured to the

Olivia’s telling the

will make national headlines. You still want to

by your story?”

others in the room


cameras aimed at Jimson.

you have a

have one brought

Popter 43

gave a short command. Within minutes, a sleek black

placed on the table beside

Jimson’s composure fractured.

at the laptop like

give you the login,” I said sweetly. “We can

together.”

he started, but the words died in his

calculating escape routes. Beads

his forehead. His shoulders started to hunch as

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