NovelUSAChapter 450 "Let's open it up and see." Aline took the package from Dick and fetched a box cutter. With careful, deliberate strokes, she sliced through the cardboard, peeling it open bit by bit.
When she saw there was just an envelope sitting on top, a little relief washed over her. Her whole body seemed to relax.
She reached inside, about to pull the envelope out, but as soon as her fingers brushed against it, her expression changed in an instant.
"Aaah!" she shrieked, lurching back and flinging the box across the room.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"What happened?" Dick demanded, seeing the color drain from her face.
Aline was visibly shaken; her hands were trembling, her voice choked with fear. "I... I felt something soft. And warm. And... it moved. It's alive, Dick." That's when Dick noticed the blood smeared on her hand. "You're bleeding," he said.
"It's not mine. It's from whatever's in there." Aline couldn't stop her hands from shaking. The memory of that chilling touch made her feel sick all over.
Dick eyed the box warily where it had landed a few feet away. He approached it with caution, picking it up and peering inside.
When he saw what was in there, his stomach dropped.
He swallowed hard. "It's a rat. Someone stabbed it right through, but it isn't quite dead yet." "God, that's disgusting!" Aline's face twisted in horror as realization struck. She'd touched a dying rat. Her stomach lurched, and she bolted for the bathroom, barely making it to the toilet before she started retching. By the tshe cback out, she looked drained, as if every ounce of strength had left her. Dropping onto the sofa, she muttered weakly, "It was Citrine. It had to be that bitch. She's getting back at us." Dick frowned, startled. “But I was careful. There's no way she could've found out." Just then, he spotted the envelope lying on the floor. He hurried over, picked it up, and dumped out the contents. "A flash drive." Without a second thought, Dick plugged it into the laptop.
A folder popped up, filled with a long list of video files.
He clicked one at random and hit play.
The footage showed Dick and Aline wrapped in each other's arms right out on the street. Aline's belly was huge- impossible to miss that she was heavily pregnant. The two of them whispered something, then, caught up in the moment, started kissing and ended up heading into a hotel.
At the end of the video, a series of photos flashed on the screen: shots of Aline and Dick together before her wedding to Sawyer, and more from after she was married-secret rendezvous behind Sawyer's back.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWatching herself on screen, Aline went pale as a ghost.
No. This video cannot get out. If it does, her reputation—and her daughter's-will be ruined for good.
Dick clicked on another video. This time, he barely got a glimpse before he panicked and slammed the laptop shut. Aline's face twisted in anger. She snatched the mouse and clicked the video open again.
Up ca scene: white bedsheets, Dick sprawled across the bed, an arm around each of two stunning women.
"Well, isn't this just great, Dick? I was just a kid when I got together with you, and you had the nerve to cheat onwith other women? How could you do that to me?" Aline forced herself to watch the whole sordid clip, then slapped Dick across the face, hard.
Afterward, she stared at the endless list of videos. Suddenly, she felt a pang of guilt tightening in her chest. And as it turned out, Dick was feeling just as uneasy.
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