The Game Changes
1440 Words
One Week Later
Loid had finally found something.
Something that could destroy Lili.
His fingers stopped above the keyboard.
A video was playing on his laptop screen.
The sound from the recording filled the room.
Loid immediately hit pause.
His expression froze.
He rewound the video.
Played it again.
Zoomed in.
Once more.
This time, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
“So… this is your secret.”
His hand curled into a fist.
For an entire week, he had been digging into Lili’s past.
Her old name.
Her addresses.
Her employment history.
Hotel records.
Everything seemed to have been deliberately buried.
But one link led to another.
And eventually…
He found a secret account.
An account that sold private videos.
Including videos of Leo and Lili.
Loid leaned back in his chair.
“You bitch.”
He was about to close the laptop when something on the screen caught his attention again.
There was one thing that bothered him.
Why was Lili so calm?
As if she had known all along that this would happen.
Loid narrowed his eyes.
“That’s impossible…”
He opened another folder.
Empty.
Then a message from the person who had helped him appeared.
Something is strange. Some of the files were deliberately made easy to find.
Loid fell silent.
The smile disappeared from his face.
So he hadn’t discovered Lili’s secret.
Lili had deliberately let him find it.
“What kind of game are you playing?”
---
In another room, Lili sat on the edge of her bed.
Her phone vibrated.
She read the incoming message.
Then smiled.
“So you found it.”
She opened a folder.
Several photos of Loid appeared on the screen.
Loid at a party.
Loid leaving a nightclub.
Loid arguing with someone.
And several other pictures that would be much harder to explain to Leo.
Lili selected them.
One by one.
Her smile grew wider.
“You’re looking for my weakness…”
She moved the photos into another folder.
“…while you’ve been leaving traces everywhere yourself.”
Lili locked her phone.
“Go ahead, Loid.”
Her eyes gleamed.
“Try to come after me.”
---
The weekend arrived.
Leo and Lili spent the morning by the swimming pool.
From behind his bedroom window, Loid watched them.
Leo laughed.
Lili laughed with him.
Their hands were intertwined.
Lili rested her head against Leo’s shoulder.
Loid pulled the curtains shut.
“Disgusting.”
He returned to his desk.
But a few seconds later, his hand stopped above the keyboard.
Lili’s image returned to his mind.
The woman was too calm.
Too perfect.
Like someone who always had a backup plan.
Loid stared at his laptop.
“Then…”
A cold smile crossed his face.
“…let’s see who’s more prepared.”
---
That night, Loid went downstairs to the living room.
Leo was reading some documents.
Lili was busy scrolling through her phone.
Loid didn’t sit down immediately.
He stood a few steps away from them.
“Dad.”
Leo looked up.
“Yes?”
Loid raised his phone.
“I found something.”
Lili stopped scrolling.
Only for a second.
But Loid noticed.
He smiled faintly.
“There’s a video of you and Mom on the internet."
Lili immediately placed her phone on the table.
Leo frowned.
“What?”
Loid stepped closer.
“A private video.”
Lili’s expression changed.
Her hand flew to her mouth.
“No…”
Leo stared at the screen.
Then he looked at Lili.
“Lili?”
Lili quickly shook her head.
“I didn’t know.”
Her eyes filled with tears.
“I didn’t know someone recorded us.”
Loid remained silent.
He watched the way Lili gripped her dress.
The slight tremble in her shoulders.
The way her eyes kept avoiding the screen.
Good acting.
Almost perfect.
Almost.
Loid turned toward his father.
“But what’s more interesting…”
He tapped the screen.
“…the video is being sold.”
Leo’s expression immediately hardened.
“Sold?”
Lili froze.
Loid caught the reaction.
“Someone is selling it.”
He swiped across the screen.
“And the account doesn’t look like an ordinary account.”
Lili swallowed.
Leo reached for the phone.
“Let me see.”
But Loid pulled it back.
“Wait, Dad.”
Leo looked at him.
“There’s something even stranger.”
Loid looked at Lili.
“According to what I found, someone put something in your drink that night.”
Lili tensed.
Loid continued.
“So I started wondering…”
His gaze sharpened.
“What if you were set up?”
Leo shook his head.
“No.”
Lili let out a small breath of relief.
But Loid wasn’t finished.
“Are you sure?”
Leo looked at his son.
“I know what I did.”
Then Leo looked at Lili.
“I wanted her.”
Lili immediately lowered her head.
“Oh, God…”
She covered her face.
“This is so humiliating.”
Loid almost smiled.
But he held it back.
“Dad.”
Leo turned toward him.
“If that video gets leaked, your reputation could be ruined.”
“I know.”
“I also found several other files.”
Lili immediately raised her head.
“Other files?”
Too late.
Loid had already seen the panic in her eyes.
Leo noticed it too.
“There are other videos?” he asked.
Lili opened her mouth.
“I…”
No answer came.
Leo stood.
“Lili.”
He stared at her.
“I want everything deleted.”
“Yes.”
Lili answered too quickly.
Loid leaned back in his chair.
“You can delete them?”
Lili looked at him.
“I’ll delete them.”
“How?”
Lili fell silent.
Leo waited.
Several seconds passed.
“I…”
She bit her lip.
“I think I know who has them.”
Loid smiled.
“Who?”
Lili raised her face.
“My former boss at the hotel.”
Leo frowned.
“Your former boss?”
Lili nodded.
“Yes.”
Loid didn’t argue.
He simply gave a small smile.
“I see.”
Leo stood.
“I’m tired. We’ll deal with this tomorrow.”
He looked at Lili.
“Make sure none of those videos get circulated.”
“Yes.”
Leo walked toward his bedroom.
Lili was about to follow him when Loid’s voice stopped her.
“Mama.”
Lili froze.
Leo had already disappeared down the hallway.
Lili slowly turned around.
The sweetness vanished from her face.
“How did you find it?”
Loid slipped his phone into his pocket.
“I followed the trail.”
He stood.
“One link led me to another.”
Loid walked closer.
“Until I finally found the secret account.”
Lili stared at him sharply.
“And?”
Loid stopped directly in front of her.
“An account belonging to a woman who sells private videos.”
Lili didn’t blink.
Loid smiled.
“Want to know the best part?”
Silence.
Only the sound of their breathing filled the room.
“There is no former boss.”
Lili’s face went rigid.
Loid stepped closer.
“That account belongs to you.”
Lili’s breath caught.
For the first time that night, she had no answer.
Loid watched her expression.
“Interesting, isn’t it?”
He stepped back.
“For an entire week, I searched for your weakness.”
His gaze hardened.
“Turns out, you handed it to me yourself.”
Lili’s hands curled into fists.
But her expression quickly returned to calm.
“You have no proof.”
Loid smiled.
“Not yet.”
Those two words made Lili’s eyes narrow.
Loid turned around.
“Good night, Mama.”
He stopped in the doorway.
“Oh, one more thing.”
Lili looked at him.
“I hope you still have time to delete all those files.”
His smile widened.
“Because starting tonight…”
He glanced over his shoulder.
“…I’m not going to stop looking for you.”
Loid walked away.
Lili remained standing alone.
A few seconds later, her phone vibrated.
A new message appeared.
New file uploaded.
Lili’s expression changed.
She opened the message.
Her eyes widened.
It wasn’t a video of Leo.
Instead…
It was something Leo was never supposed to know about.
Loid.
A slow smile spread across her face.
“Then…”
Her fingers tightened around the phone.
“…it’s my turn.”
Their game had just changed.
And this time, Lili had no intention of defending herself.
She intended to strike back.
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