New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 143

Chapter 143 New enemy?

miamatter of seconds, the lights went out, the monitors went dark, and the entire building of Metaconex was plunged into darkness. The hum of electricity ceased, braving only the sound of their breathing and the distant noise of convoices from other parts of the building. For a moment, there was silence. Then, Claire spoke, her voice echoing in the darkness. "Did we stop 7"

Matthew sighed, the sound filled with instration and resignation. "We stopped it for now. But we'll need to bring the system back up and assess the damage." "Let the power off for another minute so they wouldn't beach our system again." She turned to her employee. "Check the elevator if there are people who are stuck inside and if so, being the power back on Tcan't risk my employer getting stuck in the elevator."

Claise stood up from the chair looking deadly serious. "Sandia, Matthew, I want you to case with me."

As they

were out of the room, ale turned to Sandra "I want you to send an email to all of the employee about the sudden power off and write an apology once the power is back on

Sandra nodded. "Right away, miss,

Claire headed to the emergency stairs with Matthew beside her since the elevator wasn't functioning.

Clare turned to Matthew, her expression serious. "I'm sorry forestting the power, but I couldn't take the risk."

Matthew nodded, his frustration melting into understanding. "ilmow it's time. You did what you have to do."

Claire's angersimmeted beneath the surface as she worked. "I can't believe someone managed to breach our system," she fumed. "Who the heck could do that? No one should be able to breach Metacortex."

Matthew placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "We'll find whoever did this, Claire. I promise."

I

As they climbed the emergency stalks, Claire's mind raced. After a moment of silence, she voiced her concem. "If they managed to breach Metacortex and even launted us with that text, they might be capable of getting lato Cryptonic too." Matthew shook his head in disagreement. "That's impossible, Claite, You designed Cryptose yourself. So far, people have only been able to get past the firewall, nothing more."

take any chances," Claire replied, her voice firm. "It they find out about it, it could be dangerous

tried to calmber down. "Cale, it's not like

she said, "but I still want to

couch, panting heavily. She pulled out her phone and quickly called Sandra "Sandra, turn the power source back on. Now. "yes, ma'am,"

undone. "Ereally need to work out more," he said between

situation. "I need to improve my cardio too.

not do

out how they got in and who they are. We can't

sighed, feeling the weight of the situation pressing down omber. "I can't believe this is happening. Metacotes

know, I just hate feeling like

power source is back on, ata. Peterson Everything is stable

"Keep monitoring the

continued before hanging

stood up, straightening his suit.

to dive into the

spending a minute or two in Claire's

back working at their stations, lines of code and data streaming across

Matthew quickly joined

that hacker," Claire said, her voice fem and determined. "No more

fingers already flying across the keyboard. "Got it. Let's track

were greeted by the

in her work inputting lines of code and using various programs

Clarexclaimed, her voice a mix of

to be monitor, pering over her

the rare, revealing a series of locations. But instead of a single point, the screen displayed multiple red dots scattered

Chapter 147 New cherry?.