Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 109

Chapter 109

Briar was sprawled out on the couch, legs folded up, laptop perched on her lap in a totally lazy posture.

She started up another game, and this time, her teammates were from Qathana.

Since it was a cross–server match, she needed blazing–fast internet just to keep up.

Not wanting any lag to mess up her gameplay, Briar shot a quick glance at Ashton, who was still buried in his work, then quietly installed a

program.

She set up her own custom firewall on the internal network, just to make sure everything ran smoothly.

Soon enough, the game kicked off, and the office filled with the sounds of intense gunfire.

Briar’s moves were smooth and decisive, and the match dragged on for nearly half an hour before they finally won.

Their team had barely taken any damage, cruising to victory with ease.

Briar was so wrapped up in the game that she didn’t even notice Ashton glancing over at her a few times.

It wasn’t until the game ended and the victory music played that Ashton spoke up. “Briar, your ice cream’s melting.”

Briar looked over at the coffee table where she’d left her big tub of ice cream. The edges were already starting to melt from the air.

She quickly set her laptop aside and grabbed the ice cream. “Oh, I forgot. I’ll finish it right away.”

Ashton watched her with a smile, his eyes drifting over her casually crossed legs. “Don’t eat it all at once–it’s too cold.”

Briar nodded enthusiastically. “Sure, I’ll just eat the melted part first.”

Briar was just brushing him off. She was addicted to cold treats–maybe it was all the stuff she’d been through over the years that made her temper so short.

The more annoyed she felt, the more she wanted something icy to chill herself out.

But ever since she’d come back to Dasmieca, she’d been keeping her temper on a tight leash, especially around Ashton.

She made a real effort to act like a totally normal person in front of him.

went back to his work, and Briar took the chance to

time Ashton noticed, Briar had already wiped her mouth, and the empty ice cream tub and tissues

trash.

Ashton felt speechless.

thing was so childish that Ashton couldn’t hold back a chuckle.

to notice the amusement in Ashton’s eyes and nonchalantly picked up

battle.

landed on the screen, she saw that the firewall she’d just set up was fending off a barrage of

turned cold, a vein pulsing at

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actually trying to hack into the Wade Group’s

her signature All Purpose Wall just a quick

it was only a matter of time before

internal network.

thought, ‘Should I help

a fortune just to show up. But Ashton’s been good to me, and we’re

just play the

shot a quick glance at Ashton, saw that he was fully absorbed in his work again, then dropped her gaze and let her fingers fly across

keyboard.

through the office door, breathless.

suddenly realized there was someone else in

an eye, acting like she hadn’t heard

signaling for Jalen to continue.

his personal laptop. Since he was okay with that, nothing else would bother

went on, “Here’s the situation. The security team just reported that two minutes ago, our internal network was hit

unknown virus.

robotics technology in our R&D department, and the finance department has also been partially affected. I’ve

for the Wade Group, but he was usually stationed

Ashton always

the system backend while Jalen was still

his brow tightened. “Xavion’s all the

tell that this was

The security team says this virus is really powerful–our firewall’s already

Wade Group’s network security

and many major and minor companies throughout Dasmieca relied on them to protect their