Her Hesitance (4)

After she managed to collect herself, with trembling voice, Tang Nuan asked, "Have you been watching me?"

The woman on the phone acted like she didn't even hear Tang Nuan's question and continued in her soft-spoken tone that caused the hairs on Tang Nuan's back to rise. "Miss Tang, there are many other examples that I simply do not have time to list. I just want to remind you that, certain things, once you've gotten yourself involved, cannot be got out of that easily. Furthermore, haven't you gotten yourself way too deep already to want an out? Therefore, the ball is in your court. If your actions satisfy me, everything that I know will remain a secret, but if you don't… Miss Tang, be prepared to lose your career, your life… everything…"

"Aren't you afraid that I will go to the police and come clean about everything?" Tang Nuan countered.

"…Feel free to do that, but I have no guarantee what will happen to you… and that baby in your stomach…"