Clara's PoV
I waited until the house was completely silent.
It was well past midnight when I slipped out of my room. My heart was beating so hard I could feel it in my throat. I had been thinking about this moment for hours. Tonight I would delete the videos. All of them. I could not let David keep those recordings of me with Julian and Marcus. I could not let him have that power over me anymore.
I moved through the dark hallway like a ghost, barefoot so my footsteps would not make a sound. Every creak of the floor made me freeze. I kept looking over my shoulder, expecting David to appear at any moment. But the house stayed quiet.
I reached his study door and turned the handle slowly. It was unlocked. I slipped inside and closed it gently behind me. The room smelled like him — that fam
