I swallowed hard, my hands clenched tightly at my sides.
The silence stretched, unbearable. Then, finally, his voice cut through the tension like a blade.
“When were you going to tell me that you were being threatened?”
I felt my blood run cold.
So he knew.
Of course, he knew.
I should have expected this. Nothing escaped him.
“I—I was going to tell you,” I stammered, my voice barely above a whisper. “I just—”
“Just what?” His voice remained calm, but that was what made it terrifying.
I felt exposed, vulnerable. I squeezed my eyes shut for a moment before finally blurting out the truth.
Everything.
The blackmail. The person who saw me try to run Bella over. How I had no choice but to do what they wanted.
I admitted to putting the virus into Julius’s system.
The moment the words
