Chapter 3

My hands were shaking as I pried open the photo frame and took out Tiana and Harvey's pre-wedding photo. As I did, a spy camera slipped out and fell onto the floor.

I picked it up, removed the memory card, and inserted it into the computer. A video immediately started playing, showing scenes of Harvey and I getting intimate. Our conversations were also recorded, down to the last word.

I was trembling as I watched the video, overwhelmed with fear and fury. Tiana was completely out of her mind! How could she actually commit such a crime just to be with Harvey?

In any case, with this evidence, I could report Tiana to the police.

Yet, as I was about to turn off the computer and pull out the memory card, the bedroom door suddenly swung open. Harvey then rushed in, carrying a new photo frame.

I took a quick look at the photo he was holding. And sure enough, it was another intimate photo of him and Tiana.

If it were before this, I would have been heartbroken and jealous about it. Yet, at that moment, I felt completely indifferent toward his infidelity.

It was then that I realized that Tiana had probably noticed that the spy camera had been damaged, so she wasted no time in putting up a new one.

However, I had already made up my mind to leave this place. It meant that she could no longer keep tabs on me and could only watch Harvey now. I felt no obligation to warn him about being monitored, though.

Thus, I closed the video on the computer, or so I thought. It somehow started playing the video again, and the steamy scenes and sounds eventually drew Harvey's attention.

It was at that moment that he noticed me sitting at the desk, messing with the computer. "Samantha Lane! What are you doing sneaking around in my bedroom?"

His thunderous roar startled me, making my heart race.

"I was just packing up my stuff."

I tried closing the video on the computer again, but to no avail. It suddenly froze, and then the video started playing by itself again.

After he turned on the lights, Harvey's eyes blazed with anger as he caught sight of the video. "You've gone too far, Samantha! How can you secretly film our intimate moments? How shameless!

"Do you really think you can blackmail me with this and make me stay in this relationship? Don't you even think about it! Do you really believe I'd let you hold that over me?

"If you're willing to sacrifice your dignity, feel free to share those videos! I might be criticized for being promiscuous, but you'll be the one with the ruined reputation!"

I glared at him coldly and then pointed at my suitcase, saying, "You don't have to be so full of yourself, Harvey! I've already ended things with you, so there's no need for me to use this video to threaten you.

"And you're right; this kind of video won't help me at all. I'm not that foolish to believe otherwise. Besides, this video was captured by your darling Tiana. I bet you didn't see that coming!"

Harvey looked at me incredulously and then glanced at my suitcase. "How could Tiana have filmed something like that? It was just the two of us being intimate in that video, so there's no way she could've done that! You're just trying to pin this on her out of spite."

I knew he wouldn't believe me, so I took advantage of his distraction, grabbed the new photo frame from the bedside table, and smashed it on the floor.

Harvey immediately roared, "Enough is enough, Samantha! Who do you think you are, breaking—"

Yet, before he could even finish his sentence, a spy camera tumbled out of the broken photo frame.

Harvey was stunned into silence.

"Do you see it now, Harvey? Your darling Tiana has resorted to all kinds of unsavory actions just to keep you by her side! And I'm sure there's more where this came from.

"Although I've already ended things with you, I advise you to think carefully about being with Tiana. Do you really want to be with someone who would do something like this?"

After saying that, I removed the memory card from the computer and dragged my suitcase out the door.

At that moment, Harvey suddenly grabbed my hand and said frantically, "Wait, Sammy! You can't leave yet!"