Chapter 142

Talia’s POV

Talia stared at her phone for the hundredth time in the last hour, reading the blackmail messages over and over until the words blurred together.

I know you were pregnant before the wedding.

Pay me $500k or everyone else knows too.

Clock’s ticking, Talia.

The phrasing was crude, direct, exactly the way Jared talked. The amount demanded was ridiculous, more money than Talia had ever see