Alina's Pov
I couldn't stop my thoughts from wandering for a moment as I stared at the door. Sebastian’s cologne still lingering in the air.
What just happened? Did he just offer to help out?
He even scolded Veronica just for me.
Oh Alina, don't be delusional. He did that to remind her who is in charge… him of course.
I shook Sebastian's thoughts of my head and focused on the matter at hand, Lila.
Three days.
She’d given me 72 hours to destroy my own life.
Then I remembered the notification from earlier that made me smile.
The call had been recorded.
I quickly navigated to my recordings folder. There it was! the entire conversation with Lila, timestamped just minutes ago. With shaking hands, I pressed play.
Lila’s voice filled my room, crystal clear,
“I’ve already laid the
