BossNovelWhen | woke up, | was covered in bruises, lying in a hotel room next to sman | didn't know!
| was so terrified | actually passed out, and when | cto again, | was in the hospital.
Naomi barely got the words out before she broke down in tears, biting her lip to keep herself together.
Sylvia zeroed in on the important part.
"Ms. Winslet? Kay?"
Naomi nodded miserably. "Yeah. She's friends with Mrs. Watson. We had a disagreement before over the
engagement gift basket, but she's Reese's aunt and
the CEO of the Winslet Group, so | tried not to make a fuss."
Just hearing Kay's nmade Sylvia's expression darken.
She remembered all too well the rumors about Kay and Edwin.
There's no way Kay just happened to be there by chance, Sylvia thought. But she didn't have any proof, and she
sure couldn't tell Naomi her suspicions.
So she just frowned and pressed on, "Mom, did you contact the other ladies you played cards with? Ask them
what happened?"
Naomi's face twisted with distress. "I did. But every single one insisted | just left on my own. Sylvia, what am |
supposed to tell Edwin about all this?"
A grown woman vanishes from a card gand nobody even thinks to ask? It was obvious-this whole thing had
been a setup from the start.
Sylvia was now certain-Kay had something to do with this.
Suddenly, Naomi's phone dinged with a new message.
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She glanced at it and immediately threw it across the couch, clutching her head in panic. "It's him!"
"Who?" Sylvia picked up the phone. A string of lurid photos had been sent from an unknown number-pictures of
Naomi and ssleazy-looking guy.
The angle was just right: you could clearly see Naomi's face, but there was no way to tell if she was conscious or
not.
As Sylvia scrolled through the photos, another message popped up.
"I want $300,000. Or else..."
Sylvia scrolled up and saw that the guy had already been demanding money.
A bad feeling settled in her stomach.
"Mom, did you send this guy money?"
Naomi's voice shook. "Yes. He
threatened me! He said if |
d and pay, hea send those pictures
videos everywhere. | can't let anyone see them, Sylvia-Il just can't!" s
Sylvia shook her head, pointing at the message thread. "But Mom, don't you see? He never actually
threatened you directly. He nevemet
said he'd do anything if you didn't pay. It's all vague. He's trapping you if you give him money, it's like you're
agreeing to it if you go to the police, he just has to say you paid him willingly. How will you explain that?"
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Naomi stared at her in horror. "What? He said it like that and it's not a threat?"
But it was true-the guy never
actually said anything concrete.
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Now, reality hit her: she'd walked right into a trap.
There was no way to clear her nnow.
She sobbed harder, tears streaking down her cheeks and highlighting the red
marks there. "What am | going to do? I've let Edwin down!"
Sylvia was about to sigh when something caught her eye-she stared hard at Naomi's face.
"Mom, hold still for a sec."
"What is it?" Naomi asked, tears still glistening.
Sylvia leaned in, noticing how the
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"Mom, are you sure all the ladies at
the card table said you left on your
own?" Naomi nodded, yoice om
ETI, I calted Shérone. That's
wiat'they all said." Sylvia's eyes
narrowed thoughtfully. "Alright. |
know exactly who to talk to next." She
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