“It’s really gone,” the security guard said. He thought, ‘Why is everyone I meet so terrifying?’ He remembered the threat against his family and felt like crying again.

Stephanie examined her perfectly manicured nails. “This is your last chance. Who deleted the footage?” She looked up at the guard with unprecedented coldness.

The guard met her gaze and dropped to his knees in terror. “No one deleted it! It’s really just broken!”

Stephanie pulled out a gun, and the room fell silent. She pointed it at the guard.

The guard immediately closed his eyes and covered his head. “It’s broken, Ms. Giovanni! Even if you kill me, it’s still broken!”

“Ms. Giovanni, what are you doing?” the hotel manager cried. “The footage is really gone. We’ll take responsibility. We’ll compensate you!”

Under Stephanie’s fierce intimidation, the hotel manager and security guard were scared and speechless.

“Excuse me, but I was raped. How are you going to compensate for that?” Sofia scoffed.

“H-How to compensate?” the hotel manager stammered.

This was truly a troublesome matter. People usually go to hotels for such activities willingly. But now, she was raped while staying here. The hotel manager’s back was drenched in cold sweat, his entire body numb.

Sofia stepped forward and pressed Stephanie’s wrist. “Okay, it’s probably broken.” The man was scared witless and still hadn’t given them a straight answer. So, the surveillance was definitely broken.

Stephanie agreed. After all, no one would willingly face death. If they hadn’t revealed the answers in the face of death, then the surveillance footage would have been gone.

Seeing Stephanie lower her gun, the security guard and the hotel manager both breathed a long sigh of relief.

“Get lost,” Sofia said. She thought, ‘Compensate? With what? Money? Or her first time? I didn’t care about money, and as for my first time, how could they possibly compensate for that?’ The manager and the security guard were relieved and hurried off.

Once alone, Stephanie turned to Sofia. “The footage is probably gone for good,” she said. They’d been terrified, and even when facing death hadn’t backed down, so the footage was likely gone forever.

Sofia let out a tired sigh. She thought, ‘Gone? That’s a real problem. I swear, if I ever catch that bastard, I’ll tear him limb from limb.’

Stephanie said, “I have another idea.”

“You have another idea?” Sofia perked up a bit when she heard that Stephanie had another idea.

Stephanie nodded. “Check the traffic cameras on that street.”

“I don’t even know who it was. What’s the point of checking? Besides, there were so many people staying in the hotel.” Sofia thought that checking the traffic cameras was unreliable.

Stephanie glanced at her, her eyes falling on the red mark on her neck. “I suspect it was someone we know.”

Sofia wondered if Stephanie was serious about it being someone they knew. But if it really was someone they knew, it would be much easier to handle. No matter who it was, they could just deal with them directly.

In Richard’s villa, Theodore, Albert, and Lott were all present. Their faces were pale as they thought about what had just happened. Richard held a cigar in his hand, the smoke highlighting the coldness in his eyes.

Compared to the other three, his expression was even more grim. He was carried back by Theodore and Albert. It was also those who took care of the matter. From the very beginning until now, he hadn’t said a word.

Theodore said, “Richard, do you want to call Sofia and ask what she is doing now?”

Theodore was speechless. When they heard screams coming from the room, they were scared out of their wits. If Sofia had caught them, they would have been done for.

They didn’t have time to think, so they just dragged Richard away and ran.