Xander’s face blanched the moment the words video recording left my lips.
That single instant of raw panic was worth more than any proof I could have brought. His mask slipped, revealing the schemer underneath who thought himself untouchable until now. Just like I’d expected.
He must have remembered the casual way he had told Lilith he planned my and my uncle’s ‘accidents’ once we’d served our purpose and how incriminating that was, much more than admitting to the affair itself. He knew that I could ruin him if I could produce a video like that. All his other claims about me would fall through once he was branded a liar.
But of course, Xander never knew when to quit. Even when it was for his own good.
“She lies!” he snapped, pointing a trembling finger at me. “She has nothing! If she h
