Chapter 382

Nathan had been caught by Knox, and the folks at ByteWise Technologies were still laying low at the hospital, not daring to pull a fast one in front of the

doctors

But as long as her dad was still kicking, they’d keep saying those gut–wrenching things, and she feared he might not make it past another two months.

The thought alone made Maja’s eyes well up.

lan had planned to give her a hard time, like only solving Knox’s problem after she completed ten tasks.

But when he looked at her and saw the shattered look on her face, as if she was bearing some colossal pain. It messed him up.

He whipped out his phone and dialed Jeff.

“Hand over Knox’s criminal records to the police station. I want to see ByteWise Technologies sealed off by 9 AM tomorrow,” he said and then hung up.

Maja was taken aback. She’d thought he’d just hand over the documents and leave the rest to her to negotiate with the cops. She hadn’t expected him to handle everything in one fell swoop.

lan glanced at her and asked, “Feeling better?”

Maja was bewildered. When she realized what he meant, her cheeks flushed, and she quickly looked away.

“Uh huh.”

lan remembered the last time he hadn’t pushed her too far and had stopped when she asked him to. He couldn’t believe she had forgotten. Standing up, knowing her urgency was because of Nathan, he felt he didn’t need to be too considerate of her feelings anymore.

the hotel at

her fingers clenching

and had just applied some ointment she had bought from the hospital

to need it again.

again tonight,

she had no room to negotiate

hard, she said,

“Anything else?”

gaze

lowered her eyes, trying to

Raymond. You can go back

she was about to leave the room, his

got the hotel

the last to leave the room, so the

“Uh huh.”

and just as she was about to leave, he added casually, “Dress up a bit. As a

as if a sharp needle had

but she

a moment, she

that just to embarrass

that she was already married and yet was

after agreeing, she

was getting into the

put on

out, “I just ran

that lan seemed distracted, even holding his paperwork

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