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157. Blackmail. 

Penulis: Lucy Stone
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-09-04 19:03:37

RAINE’S POV

I was just about to tap on the button when my phone buzzed. I looked down and Indie’s name flashed on the screen.

“Oh my God,” I muttered, rolling my eyes at her audacity.

I rejected it immediately. No way. Not now.

Then another buzz came in. This time it wasn’t a call, it was a text from her.

‘I sent you an email.’ Her message read. ‘Check it out.’

My heart dropped to my stomach. First she got my number and now my email? Was all my info just floating around for fun now?

My fingers were shaking as I opened my email. The subject of the email was written in bold letters, and it only held two words: FOR YOU.

I clicked it to find a video. At first, I didn’t want to play it but curiosity got the best of me and my thumb clicked on the icon.

My breath caught in my throat as her face filled the screen.

Indie started talking in that same dramatic, fake-soft voice.

She said all this crap about Cyril. That he “groomed” me, that he “controlled” me. That he planned everything
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