Kapitel 26: Set You Up With Miss Willson

Alice barely spared him a glance, too engrossed in the screen. She had accessed the surveillance footage and what she saw made her blood run cold. Her face darkened, the edges of her calm unraveling, but it was Jermin's words that pushed her over the edge. Anger surged through her like a storm, sharp and hot, and she clenched the phone in her hand, barely keeping herself in check as she forced herself to focus on the evidence before her.

Alice's eyes burned with fury, the realization hitting her hard. It had to have been planned, this whole situation, orchestrated by the man standing in front of her. With a swift motion, she almost slammed the phone into Jermin's face, her voice icily controlled. "See for yourself."