Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 731

Margaret truly thought that Frederick coming to Veracoria to discuss a project with

a hacker was as straightforward as meeting a client at the office.

Little did she expect Chuck to start the conversation by delving into the

entrepreneur's family history.

Could it be that the hacker had been in cahoots with the entrepreneur all along?

The more she heard, the more convoluted everything seemed.

Margaret hesitated, then heard Chuck explain:

"You might not be aware, but this hacker used to be the head of the tech department in a local gang. He got involved in some shady businesses behind the scenes, which brought trouble to the gang, and eventually, he was kicked out."

Margaret caught on quickly, "So, the tech he developed, this 'wafer,' is part of those shady businesses?"

Chuck smiled knowingly, "Not entirely, but it's not exactly clean either."

Stop beating around

solid. If Mr. Winston could monopolize it and integrate it into various sectors, our group could increase its profits by fifty percent of our current assets! That would make Mr. Winston untouchable on the international stage. The only catch is that this hacker wants Mr. Winston to use this project

Margaret was

across borders, Mr. Winston could become

stance? Is he still going through with

"Of course not!"

this trip a

she knew better than to jeopardize the entire group and Frederick's future

get involved in illegal

out a

then asked, "What about this hacker's deal with Maurice

"Supposedly."

"And what's Maurice's stance?"

tone cryptic, "Well, that's not something I can say for sure. But considering Maurice's ventures over the past few years have been pretty shady, it's hard to

speaking, a middle-aged woman dressed

Margaret in heavily accented English, "Ms. Lockwood, Mr.

asked,

not quite catching Margaret's meaning, looked at Chuck, her voice robotic,