Lara:
I quickly started recording him without making a sound. I knew Markus could be very useful to me.
I could use him to wipe out my enemies. I had always liked keeping people's secrets.
If I ever needed to use someone, I could threaten to expose those secrets.
"Listen to me carefully. Just trust me once," Markus urged on the call. I
already knew he was talking to a woman. There was no reason for him to sound that affectionate or call anyone else baby.
"Oh no, I don't like Zoe," he added into the phone, and my smile widened.
"No, don't be ridiculous. She can't even give me a child. Try to understand this. Right now, we need her money. This big trip we took, where do you think the money came from? I took it from her brother. Just stay quiet and listen to me for once. Everything will be settled," Markus continued on the call.
As he spoke, he ran a hand through his hair to fix it.
