From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 511

Anthea frowned slightly. "So, did Lorraine ever find Ivy's Place in the end?"

"No," Sherman replied, shaking his head. "Lorraine waited here for over thirty years, but her child vanished as if they'd never existed."

The two of them were deep in conversation, and the driver, sensing their focus, slowed the car to give them more time.

...

Rebecca was falling apart.

It had been fourteen hours since she'd left Tech Summit Global, and the system still wasn't responding.

Had it really disappeared?

What was she supposed to do now?

She sat slumped on the couch, fingers tangled in her hair, her features twisted in distress, looking every bit like someone on the edge of a breakdown.

It took a long time before she finally calmed herself enough to breathe. She

opened her laptop, determined to at least log in to TechNet.

The system's last task for her had been to conquer the tech world. Maybe, if she logged on, the system would come back on its own.

She navigated to the login page, typed in her password, and hit enter.

And then her face went completely white.

A notice flashed across the screen: her account had been permanently banned.

What was happening?

Was the system malfunctioning?

for her account to be banned-she hadn't

to

her computer

result was

was truly, irreversibly

she opened her messenger app and sent a message to Mason's assistant-the only acquaintance she had left

replied almost instantly: [Ms. Morris, you failed to complete a single task at Tech Summit Global, and over ten thousand users reported you

so your account has been permanently

As of today, Phoenix_Re no longer

could this

dare they erase

message to the

just going to kick her

her

Crack-

shattered into a spiderweb

dropped to her knees, sobbing

she had never

she'd worked for had been stolen

previous life had been nothing but a pitiful loser beneath

it all

back!" Rebecca

find a way to

matter how long she

...

later, the car stopped at the entrance of their

and headed inside

watching the floor numbers flicker by, Sherman turned to Anthea. "When are you headed back to

need to visit

you over in the morning, then. What time?" Sherman

"Around eight-thirty. I'll head

at all anymore. She didn't mind his company, or even that unexpected embrace-and