Touch me tender, Break me wild: A Steamy Compilation
Chapter 9: Redemption Fire
The elevator ride to Marcus's penthouse felt eternal, each floor a step deeper into the unknown. I'd faced Sophia at Apex Tower that noon, her smug face twisted in triumph as she waved the doctored video like a weapon. But I'd come prepared—not with Marcus's files, but with my own resolve. I'd recorded her gloating, her admissions slipping out in venomous bursts: the fake coercion claim, the HR leak, the blackmail scheme to cripple him for good. 'He ruined me,' she'd hissed, eyes wild. 'Now I'll bury him—and you, for choosing the enemy.' I'd walked out with her confession in my pocket, straight to the authorities. By evening, arrests were in motion; her empire of l