“What do you mean?”

“We would have been done and you would have been wearing some fresh bruises. The doctors would have noted them during the examination.”

Jessica was engulfed in a sudden rage. For the first time she was able to look beyond this Adonis of a man with a perfectly sculpted physique and see how callous and cruel he truly was.

“That man saved my life. How selfish can you be?”

Chong Jin shrugged nonchalantly. “Just saying.”

“You know what? Thank you for helping me make up my mind. The truth needs to be told. I owe it to Haroon.”

Jessica stormed out of the flat before Chong Jin had a chance to stop her. On the bus ride home, she pointedly ignored the beeping of her mobile phone. It was clear to her now. Chong Jin was a beast. His urge to restrain, to overpower and to hurt were clear indications of the cruelty he embodied. How could she have been so blind?

Once Jessica reached home, she flopped onto her bed and dialled Andreae’s number from her land line. She ranted for five minutes before she finally succumbed to tears and sobbed bitterly. Was she doomed to be unlucky in love?

“Give the man a chance to redeem himself,” Andreae urged. She had seen photos of Chong Jin shirtless and thought Jessica incredibly lucky to have nabbed such a hunk. “At least read his messages. See what he has to say.”

Jessica picked up her mobile phone and tapped on the screen. There were three missed calls and nine messages from Chong Jin. In the first six messages he repeatedly apologised and urged her to return to his flat so they could discuss the matter. These were followed by two video clips. The final message simply read, “Don’t make me release these.”

Andreae arrived an hour later to find Jessica, shaken and pallid, hugging her pillow in bed. She gasped as she watched the video clips. The first clip captured Jessica performing fellatio on a humongous dick. In the second clip she was being savagely pounded from behind. Both clips were angled such that Chong Jin’s face was out of the frame. It could have been anybody.

“Oh dear, did you know he shot these?”

Jessica shook her head with a pained look in her eyes.

“This man is a monster!” Andreae ground her teeth together.

“What if he releases these clips? I will kill myself.”

“You will do no such thing.” Andreae pulled Jessica into her embrace and smothered her tear-streaked face into her chest. Jessica let herself be calmed by the steady rhythm of Andreae’s heartbeat. She did not see that Andreae was replaying the clip and staring in awe at the humongous dick.

“So what should I do now?”

“Nothing. If the media approaches you for interviews, tell them you remember nothing. Let them write their own stories.”