Chapter 229
Stephanie's point of view
I took a deep, shuddering breath, pressing my hand over my chest. "Vincetti is driven by his sick pride... As long as I fight him and reject him, he'll hold onto this blackmail to break me! But if he feels I'm easily handed to him on a silver platter if I pretend to surrender and want him the thrill of the chase dies, and the obsession fades!"
Instinctively, I wrapped both arms around my lower belly in a protective embrace, staring at Keira with eyes wide with raw pain and ruin.
"I'm doing this to protect Alexander... to protect my twins!" I choked out, pressing my lips into a thin, determined line. "I will act. I will play the submissive victim until he gets bored and throws that tape away, and only then will I take my freedom back. Nobody is changing my mind, Keira. This is my only way out of this hell!"
