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."

voice firm. "It they find out about it, it could

tried to calmber down. "Cale, it's not like what you're doing is

"but I still want to keep my side projects a

Sandra "Sandra, turn the power source back on. Now. "yes, ma'am," Sandra replied, her voice tinged with urgency as she hurried to

next to Claire, his suit open and the undone. "Ereally

despite the situation. "I need to improve my cardio too.

do

they got in and who they are. We can't let this happen again." "Agreed," Matthew said. "I will get the beam on it

this is happening. Metacotes is supposed to be impenetrable." "We'll figure it

feeling like we are a

is back on, ata. Peterson

Claire replied. "Keep monitoring the system.

Sandra continued before hanging

straightening his suit.

headed back to the control room, ready to dive into the data and uncover the identity of

to the control area after spending a minute or two in Claire's office.

at their stations, lines of code and data streaming across multiple

and Matthew

said,

nodded, his fingers already flying across the keyboard. "Got it.

greeted

and the occasional mumer of discussion Clalie was deeply engrossed in her work inputting lines of code and using various programs to trace the hacker, Suddenly, her eyes lit up as a breakthrough appeared

Clarexclaimed, her voice a mix of

pering over her shoulder. "Let me

But instead of a

Chapter 147 New cherry?.