ELARA
Cedric has my s*x videos and pictures—and he edited himself out of them?
My stomach twisted with a sickening realization. How could I have been so blind to the kind of monster I was dealing with? I blinked rapidly, desperately trying to hold back the tears burning my eyes, but it was useless. They spilled over, streaming down my face.
This wasn’t just about me. My mistake in trusting the wrong person didn’t only cost me my dignity—it cost Emmeline her innocence, too. She paid the price for my naivety. She bore the consequences, suffered in silence, and endured unimaginable pain, all because she wanted to protect me.
Shame washed over me. How could I even look her in the eye? Knowing that she saw everything… that she had to watch it all just to shield me. The humiliation was unbea
