I stared at Jake’s last message for several seconds.
Last chance, Bella.
He really thought I was still the woman who would panic whenever someone threatened to expose me. I wasn’t.
I opened the video I had found on my phone and watched it once more. I had recorded it because I knew Jake would come back to me with that kind of behavior. That day had arrived.
I took a deep breath and started typing. Jake had expected fear. Instead, I was going to give him a warning.
I attached the video and sent it. Then I wrote, “You need to listen carefully, Jake. I am not afraid of you anymore. Whatever you think you can do with that video, you cannot control me with it.”
I paused before sending the next message. “You recorded me in my private time, and now you’re using that recording to threaten me
