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His expressionworriedme. “Sorry, I turned it off. I didn’t want to hear it ringing with Ben’s calls. What’s wrong?”
“I need to talk to you alone.”
I nodded, sharing a scared look with Jessica as we walked into my room. Will spun around as I closed the door and took my shoulders. His lips were shaking and he couldn’t seem to keep still.
“You’re freaking me out.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologized. “Just go to your LinkedIn profile right now. Ben did something to it.”
Blood roared in my ears. “What?” I sank into my chair and grabbed my laptop. “What did he do?”
“You’ll see.”
The deadly calm tone of his voice filled me with horror. Something was wrong. I typed in the address. Enter.
My profile picture was gone. Instead there was a webcam shot of my breasts and naked torso, sitting on the same chair I was. It was me.
I scrolled downwards and saw a half a dozen more pasted crudely in my job descriptions. They were all pictures of me I sent to Ben ages ago. Private, intimate photos he was never supposed to keep. I attempted to login and was rebuffed. Sobbing, I entered a dozen different passwords, but Ben had locked me out of the account.
“That piece of shit! I cannot believe he did this! Where’s my fucking phone?”
Looking scared, Will backed away as I barged out of my room, sprinting past a bewildered Jessica, who turned around on Will.
“What did you do to her?”
Enraged, Will turned on Jessica. “I didn’t do shit. It was her psycho ex!” He grabbed me. “Natalie, forget it. He will not answer the phone!”
He was right. It went straight to voicemail. I screamed a long line of obscenities, yelling so hard my throat was raw. Will finally wrenched it out of my hands and closed the phone.
I lunged for it. “What are you doing? Give it back!”
Will’s eyes wrinkled with sympathy.
“What the fuck is going on?” Jessica demanded.
On edge, Will spun toward her and snapped. “This isn’t any of your fucking business, so stay out of it.”
“She’s screaming! I think I deserve to know—”
He gritted his teeth, ignoring Jessica. He took my hand as I collapsed to the floor, crying.
“Everyone will see: all of my old clients, my former employees, my colleagues. They will all get a notification that my profile was updated. He'll ruin me. That’s what he wants.”
Jessica marched into my bedroom before I could stop her. Will sprinted toward her and yanked her away from the computer, but not before she let out a horrified gasp.
“God fucking dammit, didn’t I tell you to mind your own business?” he roared at her.
Tears of rage filled her eyes, and she didn’t object when Will pulled her out of the room. “Natalie, I’m so sorry.”
“We need to go to his place.”
I chewed my thumb. “You have to fucking promise me you won’t hit him. He’s a lawyer.”
Will’s jaw jutted out. His eyes crackled with electricity and I knew that it would be a struggle for him not to beat the ever-loving shit out of Ben. I had half a mind to let him.
“Whatever.”
“Natalie,” Jessica said in a small voice. “I don’t think this is a good idea.”
