Riya tossed and turned all night, unable to get any sleep. Nathaniel's warning kept echoing in her head, and the thought of the recording he had on his phone gnawed at her relentlessly.
'What evidence does he have against me?' she wondered, her mind racing.
He hadn't shown her the video, and that only fueled her unease. She was certain he must have caught her bribing the waitress, but what unsettled her most was how he had discovered her link to Jaxon.
That evening at the event, she had only exchanged a few words with Jaxon in a secluded corridor near the restroom—a place she knew had no surveillance cameras.
How had Nathaniel gotten a video of her with him? Could it be that he had seen them together in person?
The realization struck her like ice: Nathaniel must have witnessed their interaction and secretly recorded it.
'I have to get rid of that footage—no matter what.'
