Chapter 15

"So, Vanessa is really dead." When Tabitha heard the news, she couldn't hide her excitement. She had only been gone one night, and the biggest obstacle of her life was gone. She hummed a cheerful tune as she went up to the second floor. After returning to her room, she took a shower to wash off the scent left by William Zander. As she looked at the marks on her body in the mirror, a deep disgust rose in her eyes. She had thought coming back to the country would mean a clean break, but William was like a leech she couldn't shake off. He had secretly followed her back and was now shamelessly blackmailing her. To make it worse, he was demanding a hundred million dollars. Even if she sold herself, she couldn't come up with such an amount. Tabitha had considered dragging him down with her if it came to that. But after finally claiming her spot by Baxter's side and building a name for herself in the art world, she couldn't bring herself to destroy it all. William had clearly seen throu