Chapter # 24

I was stiff upon hearing it. My heart skipped a beat in dread, a shallow breath escaped my lips.

“You can’t be serious.” My lips began to quiver along with the terror. I began to pant as tears brimmed in my eyes.

What he was trying to say was clear to me and I can’t tell Tyler about my past.

‘I am scared. I can’t lose him.’

“How can you say this?” He can’t threaten me for what he promised my Mother to never speak of and now he is blackmailing me for money.

He is a devil. A tear fell from my eye as I stumbled back.

“Candice is my sister! No need to bring brother Nicolas in every matter!” Rufus yelled.

But I, who was lost in the depth of the abyss which held nothing but agony, couldn’t speak or react.

“Choice is yours Candice. Either get me the money or tell your beloved everything- what you are not ready to tell because your relationship is on a thin line and can break easily.”