On the screen, the surveince footage yed. The footage after Fawn, Natasha, and Harry entered was gone. Vespera and Reba weren''t in the footage. It wasn''t just edited. It was erased!

Vespera was stunned. Was this actually happening? A cold shiver slid down her spine.

Dominic seemed to have noticed something off. He motioned for Calvert and asked, "Have you watched this video before?"

Calvert shook his head and answered, "I just copied the video you asked for and wiped it out. I didn''t check the video."

He didn''t even know why they were doing this in the first ce.

Dominic said, "Take a look now, then."

Calvert took the phone and watched for a while. Not noticing anything wrong with it, he said, "Mrs. Reid, Mr. Harry, and Ms. Natasha came in and left. Was there a fight or something?"

Dominic pointed to the screen and replied, "There was a woman standing here. She''s gone."

Calvert said, "So, a hacker had tampered with it."

Then, he added, "Who is she? Oh no. She''s being stalked."

"Stalked?" Vespera asked, her breath caught.

Calvert exined, "This is a busy mall, and this is a store. Most peoplee without nning ahead. To delete the exact few seconds where that woman appeared means they would have had to be watching her in real time. Otherwise, how would they know when to cut the footage?"

"That makes sense," mumbled Vespera, feeling her knees wobble.

So, someone didn''t want the Reid family to know that Vespera had saved Fawn? That meant that person knew everything that happened that night.

Was it Selena, or one of the women at the ball?

Dominic''s gaze darkened as he said, "It looks like I''m not the only one trying to keep my mother from finding this woman."

Dominic had never been interested in Fawn''s savior. Besides, Vespera was jealous that Fawn was looking for that woman.

Since Vespera didn''t like it, Dominic couldn''t allow that woman to appear. But now, he was curious to know who the woman was.

Vespera looked around the ce and felt uneasy. She tightened her grip around Dominic''s arm and whispered, "Let''s go home."

Dominic gave Calvert a few instructions before leaving with Vespera.

In the car, Dominic thought about how Vespera seemed unusual that night. He said, "Vera, just be honest with me. Why are you suddenly invested in this?"  s

Vespera regained herposure and crafted a lie. She answered, "Fine The truth is, Ba and I ha dinner at the mattonight On our way out, I saw your mom. I don''t know what came over me, but I followed her."  s

Dominic was speechless.

Vespera continued, "I thought if you saw me creeping around like that, you would think I was acting

suspicious. So

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She put on a sheepish expression, trying to y it off.

Dominic found it hard to believe. A whileter, he said, "That doesn''t sound like you at all."fnca66 This content belongs to fin?novel/fnca66

Then, he rubbed her temples and said, "Next time, don''t let your brain short- circuit. It isn''t good."

Vespera was rendered speechless. She pulled his hands down and buckled her seatbelt before saying, "Let''s go home."

Vespera leaned against the seat, utterly deted. Meanwhile, Dominic started the engine.

When they got back to the apartment, Vespera fished her phone out of Dominic''s pocket and made a beeline for the guest room.

Upon entering, Vespera closed and locked the door. Dominic went over and knocked on the door, but she didn''t respond.