Luckily, she had enough protective film on my phone so it didn't get smashed, or else it would be such a waste to sacrifice my phone just to deal with a jerk.
Her phone got formatted and the recording got deleted, so there was no way to recover it. But Izabella never planned on using her phone to get evidence from Graham anyway.
He'd been in the entertainment industry for so long, so he'd pretty cautious and wouldn't spill any secrets easily. But he had one fatal flaw.
He was like a string of firecrackers, ready to explode with just a spark, or a balloon that can be popped with a single poke.
People tended to spill their guts when they were emotional. Graham had been holding back his dissatisfaction with Izabella since yesterday, just waiting for the right moment to vent his anger on someone weak. And Izabella, who had no value to him, was the perfect target, especially with Kristin disliking her as well.
As expected, Izabella easily got him to spill the beans, and it was even easier than she thought with a lot of information.
Izabella took off her hairpin and connected it to her phone. A long recording and a blurry video were saved inside.
The video was too blurry to tell if it would be useful, but Izabella decided to save it and find a professional to help later.
After saving the video and audio on her phone, she connected to the internet in the room and logged into a social media app, setting the video to be sent in a timed message. Then she logged into other accounts and did the same thing.
She was always cautious and liked to have backup plans. Once everything was set, she uninstalled the social media app for now.
Izabella ordered an expensive coffee and enjoyed it while slowly opening WhatsApp and sending the recording.
She watched the time tick by: one minute, two minutes, three minutes... five minutes later, the phone rang.
Izabella rested her chin on her hand, phone on the table, and slid the screen up with her elegant index finger.
"Izabella! You're good!"
"I learned it all from you. Come back and let's settle this…"
Before she could finish, the call was hung up. Izabella patiently waited. It took Graham 25 minutes to leave, but only 15 to return.
He looked out of breath, his eyes red with fury.
Izabella wasn't scared. After all, she had seen much worse when she was with Brett.
Graham looked at the intact phone on the table, his expression slightly puzzled. Then he quickly realized that he had been played by Izabella from the start.
She purposely let him find her recording phone, baiting him into talking when he was angry. Instead of being cautious, he foolishly spilled everything he shouldn't have.
The recording Izabella sent him contained too many secrets about the executives. If it got out, he'd be done for.
Graham became much more cautious. Even though he wanted to kill Izabella now, he had to be careful in case she was still recording.
Izabella noticed him staring at her phone and said, "Even if you take my phone now, it's useless. I've saved the recordings and videos on numerous accounts. If I can't walk out of here safely today, they'll be sent to all my social media accounts. You know I have millions of haters because of you guys, so it'll only take seconds for the recordings to spread."
Graham wanted to have all of Izabella's social media accounts deleted, but she saw right through him. "It's too late for that. I've changed the phone numbers and passwords for all my accounts, so you can't log in. And just yesterday, I applied for protection, so you can't delete them either."
After saying all this in one breath, Izabella elegantly picked up her coffee cup.
The room went silent, except for Izabella's coffee-sipping and Graham's increasingly labored breathing.
"What do you want?"
Izabella didn't answer for a good ten seconds, making Graham even more anxious. "You wanted to terminate the contract, right? I'll talk to the company right now."
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