Chapter 74: Blackmail
Chapter 74
Since that mistaken night, Amanda had prayed to whomever could answer her cries to never see Marcus again. The mistake had been made. She had intertwined herself with another man who wasn’t her husband.
Amanda left that motel after Marcus had her again, clutching shame and regret as she ran out. After getting to her room, she spent hours under the shower, scrubbing her skin raw, hoping it would clean and erase the bad memory. Her skin reddened and softened from scrubbing, but that didn’t help with the revolt she was feeling.
Then some days later, she received a call from an unknown number, and she jumped, having a bad feeling. She looked at the unknown number as her phone buzzed repeatedly until she picked it up. Her chest tightened the moment she heard his voice.
"Miss me?" Marcus asked, voice laced with mockery.
Amanda felt a heavy lump in her throat as she gripped her phone. She didn’t know how to respond, no words coming out of her mouth as she quickly ended the call. She clutched her phone, looking at the number, then blocked it immediately. Pacing in her room, her thoughts spiraled. How did he get her number? They didn’t exchange numbers that night. Why did she let her body override her rational thoughts? She bit her fingers anxiously, and throughout that day, she didn’t touch her phone.
Then the next day, Amanda received a message from an unknown number again, and attached to it was a once-view video. Amanda swallowed and tapped on it. Her breath caught in her throat because the video was her.
On her back, moaning, her legs wrapped around Marcus, her face contorted in pleasure, his name a broken gasp from her lips, bobbing down on him like a wanton. Amanda slammed the phone down and whipped her head around in panic, scared that someone saw or heard her illicit, lewd sounds.
God! God, her heart slammed against her chest. She wanted to scream as she picked her phone back up, the screen slightly cracked, as her fingers hovered and she typed with trembling hands. What do you want?