Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

A brief, hysteric chuckle flew out of my lips. My move was risky. I was practically admitting that I went through the company’s files, violating their confidentiality. No one in their right mind would ever admit to committing something like that! The more annoying fact was that I couldn’t play dumb while trying to prove I was smart enough to fix their problem.

Aren Lan went back to the middle of the corridor where I stood. Mr. Errington followed his boss, although his reluctance couldn’t possibly be marked on his face more clearly. Aren looked around. There were plenty of other people gaping at the three of us in that corridor.

“Lend me your office,” Lan said, his words sounding like an unmistakable order.

Mr. Errington twitched his lips but didn’t dare to say a word. After a quick nod, he started walking through the corridor and stopped as he reached the corner. “This way.” He pointed at the door before opening it for the big boss to walk in.

“Miss Cora, after you,” Aren Lan tossed nonchalantly, urging me to walk inside with a gesture.

I smiled nervously and entered Mr. Errington’s office first. The two men followed, and Mr. Errington closed the door behind us. I stopped in the middle of the room, finding myself in a space between the three-piece suite and a large office desk. We entered Mr. Errington’s palace, but it was clear who was this kingdom’s ruler. The balding man stood silently a few steps away from the door while Aren Lan walked forward and leaned against the desk, facing me with his arms crossed over his chest.

“Well? I’m all ears.” He shot me a sly smirk.

As I took a deep breath, I started, “I might have seen a sign of very dangerous spying software on the receptionist’s computer.”

“You… might have?” Aren laughed.

“This is ridiculous!” Mr. Errington cut in, walking toward me with a glare that was probably meant to threaten me. “Can’t you see that this girl is talking nonsense?! She is wasting your time!” he roared, looking at his boss.

“Sit down and let her talk,” Aren said icily. “I’ll be the judge of whether she is wasting my time or not.”

lowering his head and obediently sitting on the sofa. Yet, I couldn’t dare call that man a wuss. The authority

“Talk.”

I will not be charged with anything

then stepped closer, leaning down on me. “I give you my

a little burn. I faced his gaze and resisted

stepped back away from him. “I was bored after over two hours of waiting for someone I could talk to about the eviction notice, and… I took the liberty of glimpsing at the receptionist’s computer…” I

mean by that?! And where was the receptionist at the time?!”

on the redhead, but I wasn’t

urgent meeting with the toilet

raised his eyebrows at me, and I couldn’t miss the faint amusement painting his face. “So… you literally

in. The computer wasn’t password-protected… I merely used an opportunity to take a closer look at the screen,”

me even more than before. “Get to the

classified information, but the thing that makes that bug special is the fact that it plants a decoy, a small icon, quite easy to find by any well-working security software. That’s the icon I’ve seen on the receptionist’s taskbar. The security software acts like a total sucker, finding the decoy and deleting it from the system. Once the decoy is erased, the security software ignores the real problem, and that is the exact moment when the real part of the worm starts to act and steal information. The fact that I’ve seen the icon means that the problem is quite fresh with a chance that no damage has been done

the older man had started to sweat. With his jaw clenched, the director

best security on the market! If there truly is

at him. “I try to help, but if you

I froze and gazed at him hesitantly. His composed, calculative stare at me made me hold my breath. I couldn’t read him and only prayed that he wasn’t about to kill me. For a few seconds, which felt like an

me,” he commanded, pointing at the computer