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CHAPTER 83 - HER SAFE PLACE

Author: Arthea Edelweis
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-06-11 22:20:35

“Tell me he’s going to rot, Willem.”

I paced the length of my penthouse living room, my voice low and edged with venom as I spoke into my phone. My gaze drifted toward the closed bedroom door where Vivian was still asleep. Peaceful for now. And I would do everything in my power to keep it that way.

“He will,” Willem replied on the other end of the line, his voice calm and steady, as always. “But you need to prepare yourself, Kai. I found something… disturbing.”

My steps halted.

I didn’t like Willem using that tone. It meant something bad—very bad.

“What is it?” My voice dropped, cold and sharp.

There was a pause. A breath. Then Willem said, “Adrian recorded everything. Sex tapes. Dozens of them. From when they were still married.”

I stared at nothing. My whole body stiffened.

“…What?”

“Hidden cameras. His laptop’s full of them. Some were on his phone too, backed up in cloud storage.”

I felt like the ground beneath me shifted.

“You’re telling me he filmed her—without consent?” I clench
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