The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 146

His tone is dripping with mockery, fully believing she is delusional.

"You might want to take a look at this before you decide if we're terminating or not," Tara says smoothly. She pulls up a saved video on her phone and slides it across his desk.

It isn't that she can't afford the fee—she just refuses to give the Dennis family a single cent.

Alec narrows his eyes suspiciously before looking at the screen. His breath hitches.

It is the unedited security footage from Eagle's Point during the reality show. The weather was chaotic, and Jade had assumed all the cameras were down. She didn't realize a hidden backup camera was still rolling. The footage clearly shows Jade’s face twisted in malice as she violently shoves Tara toward the edge of the cliff.

The horrifying scene drains every drop of color from Alec's face. His lips tremble, his eyes wide with sheer terror.

"T-This is impossible! It's a deepfake! You doctored this!" Alec screams, his voice cracking as he tries to convince himself.

Alec is torn. He doesn't want to lose his leverage over Tara, but the consequences of the video leaking are apocalyptic. At the end of the day, she is still his blood sister; he doesn't want to destroy her completely. He just wanted her to submit and occasionally help Jade shine.

Gritting his teeth, he attempts to negotiate. "Tara, you're a Dennis. I don't want to see you out on the streets working for some random agency. How about this: we don't terminate. I'll give you premium resources. I'll even assign Lina to be your manager. Just delete the video. Deal?"

He softens his tone, offering up Jade’s gold-standard manager as a peace offering, genuinely believing he is being generous.