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How did he know?
“Ashley, you know what happens to those who betray me,” the man said, voice disturbingly calm and smooth,
like poison in honey.
“I didn’t betray you...” Ashley's voice cracked with fear. “The battery died. | turned it off. The call was from a
telemarketer.”
“Power on your new phone and get it online. Now.”
“Okay.”
Ashley obeyed without hesitation.
Once it was on, she quickly reported, “It's online now.” The man didn’t answer.
In front of him sat a phone on speaker. He listened closely, then looked at the woman across from him.
At his signal, she began typing rapidly on her keyboard.
Moments later, Ashley's call logs appeared on the screen.
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That single nod made his eyes narrow with suspicion.
“I'm telling the truth,” Ashley said anxiously, her voice shaking in the silence. It sounded like she truly feared
being misunderstood.
The man’s gaze darkened, and something in him shifted. He no longer looked at her the sway. “Why are you
scheming behind my back with other people?”
“What?” Ashley’s voice faltered, her mind drawing a complete blank. She couldn't tell whether she'd been
caught red-handed, or if—as Freya had warned—he was just fishing, bluffing his way through.
The man’s voice slithered through the speaker, low and threatening. “You should know—I'm not exactly the
patient type.”
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“I honestly have no idea what you're talking about...” Ashley managed to say, struggling to keep her voice
steady.
“You don’t understand? Then, care to explain why there’s a system fortified by ‘K’ embedded in your phone?”
There was a heavy malice in his presence—something cold and suffocating. “Since you're staying quiet, maybe
your little brother and grandmother can help convince you to talk.”
“I really don’t know anything!” Ashley’s voice cracked, trembling near tears. “Please, don’t hurt them!”
His tone turned icy, like steel about to snap. “This is your final shot. Aside from you, who else has touched your
phone? Tell me, and I'll reward you. Don’t, and you'll find out what happens.”
Those last words slithered into her like venom, sending a shiver down her spine.
Her limbs went rigid, and even breathing felt like a task too great.
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