Chapter 431

William didn’t get out of the car. He sat there, watching the woman outside—Olivia looked fragile, almost painfully so. Snowflakes floated down, melting as they hit the windshield, then slowly piling up into a thin, cold layer. After a long pause, Olivia walked toward the car. The window rolled halfway down. William lit a cigarette, slowly taking a drag, his voice low and rough. “Olivia, Victor Hale is gone. What’s done is done. You get what I mean, right?” She stood outside, still trembling, her shoulders shaking in the cold. A moment later, her voice quivered with panic. “The photos… Someone leaked those old photos.” William froze. Olivia raised her phone to show him the news. The screen displayed those awful pictures from back then—tied up in a livestock shed, gagged, wearing nothing but a pair of underwear. Her eyes were filled with nothing but fear. And to top it off, someone dragged her past with William back into it. “Olivia Hale, ex-girlfriend of Obsidian Group CEO”—that headli