Chapter 20
Alexander’s POV
I ran out of the building and found out it was pretty early in the morning. I had followed the woods so there was no way I could have been seen.
Before I had run out of the house I had found my phone and wallet on the stairs.
I entered my apartment with a heave of relief as I walked to the bedroom to sit on the bed and think of what I had done.
“I am so lucky that I was not seen,” I sighed. Picking up my phone I dialed Blair’s number since she was not home.
I wondered where she would be and not be home by this time. It was morning. There was no way she would be leaving this early for work.
The first call got declined as I tried calling again to which she picked up.
“Hey, I’m kinda busy at work so can you call me back?” she said with a whisper as I suddenly got mad with rage.
“Where the fuck are you?!” I yelled before hearing something which made me mad.
“Hey baby, come back to bed,” a man’s voice called to her from a distance as I got angrier than ever.
“Who the fuck is that Blair?”
“I…”
“Who the fuck is…” the call disconnected as I was suddenly left with nothing but a dial.
There was no need getting mad I told myself as I started for the bathroom to have my shower and dress for work.
All through my time in the shower I tried to remember how I had gotten in bed with that strange woman as I could not remember anything.
I walked to the room to change just as my phone rang getting me to pick it up and find an unknown number calling.
With a shrug I answered. “Hello.”
“Did you have a good night?” the voice said as I immediately got scared. Whoever it was had used a voice changer and as such I could not tell if it was a male or a female talking.
“Who is this?” I asked with my heart pounding against my chest.
“I hope you had a good night. I have been watching you all night and I know everything you’ve been doing.”
I refused to believe all these pranks being set by people these days. I had seen it all on YouTube. I was not going to fall for it.
“Whoever you are, you don’t know anything about me. Now I don’t know how you got my number but once I send this call to the police they will trace it and you had better pray to God I don’t find you before they do.”
The voice laughed maniacally over the phone. “Threatening each other are we? Fine. Since you want to play it rough, I can play with you.”
A message entered my phone as I opened it to find a video of me running out of the apartment in a red light district.
“Shit,” I heard myself say just as another message entered the phone.
I opened it to see myself sleeping on the same bed, naked with the woman I had seen this morning.
“That isn’t me,” I immediately denied the videos. “Those aren’t me. It might be all this new technology. All these AI tools people use these days. That is what it is.”
“Are you sure you want to test that theory out? Maybe we should check what the public has to say about this?”
“Wait!” I called out after hearing its maniacal laughter. “You clearly want something. What is it?”
“You really think everyone with videos like this want something?”
“Yes. You’re clearly blackmailing me. It’s not like I am blind. Tell me what you want and I’ll give it to you. So long as this video gets wiped and doesn’t see the light of day.”
I could see my face clearly visible from my screen. Whoever had shot this photo really used a wonderful camera.
“Thirty million dollars,” was the answer.
This had me shocked beyond words. What was I going to do and get such money for them?
“Can we talk about this? I don’t have that kind of money.”
“I am not here to haggle prices with you Alex,” my name was called which had me knowing that the person clearly knew who I was. “Either you do as I say or you and your little wiener end up on the three o’clock news this afternoon.
“I have sent you the account to pay it into. No funny business. And don’t test me, or you’ll have yourself to blame.”This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.
“Can I give you at least five hundred thousand? Getting that absurd amount is really difficult.”
“I guess your dick isn’t worth anything to you. Make sure you watch the news by three.”
“Wait! I’ll pay it,” I gave up on negotiating.
A message appeared on my phone with the account details. I immediately knew this account was secure as there was no name to trace it with.
The call ended as I sighed with a tear leaving my eye. At this point I knew I was really fucked.
***
Zendaya’s POV
I dropped the calm after talking with Alexander before turning off the machine which changed my voice from my natural one to that of a different person.
I had also gotten one of those machines which would stop my location from being tracked. My assistant had helped me set up everything so it was very impossible for me to be caught.
I was delighted with myself and extremely happy that it had worked out like this. I could not wait for the chaos which was going to happen by the afternoon.
I laid back in my bed drinking a cup of tea while watching my favorite cooking show. Within an hour, my phone pinged as I found out Alex had actually wired the money to me.
‘Dinner’s on me tonight,’ I texted Travis with a demonic smirk.