Chapter 201

Chapter 201

Alice sensed Jack’s identity was shrouded in mystery. After her question, he remained silent. She probed, “Can’t I ask?” Was his job classified?

“Ahem, Little Lemon, that’s not what I meant. You should ask him. I have a meeting Gotta go!* Andrew Yates hung up, relieved. Little Lemon was sharp. He called Jack immediately, to warn him. He’d done enough–taking the fall for keeping a college student was more than enough. Alice considered Andrew Yates’s words. Jack’s past job was probably shady. Mysterious. She checked the news; the buzz had died down. Someone had suppressed it. The stock drop was probably giving Ethan a headache.

Feeling better, she opened her computer to fix the Al issues.

A message popped up from the black Danielet. A message from an admin: “Someone wants to buy your firewall system from a while back. They’re offering two million to rewrite one for their company.”

Easy money. Alice replied:“Five million.”

The admin replied after a while:“They agreed. They want you to personally install and test it to prove it can withstand attacks, then you’ll get the rest. Plus one million annually for maintenance and emergency fixes.” This company was frequently attacked.

“Okay. What’s the company name?”

“Confidential. You’ll find out when you go to install it.”

didn’t press; anonymity was important in the black Danielet. She understood.

Who would turn down

Maple Leaf. But there were bodyguards outside her floor. Who

representative rushed over.“Alice, the Alices are

Two brothers?

approached her office, Ethan emerged.“Alice, I thought you could hide forever. You think

But Andrew Yates wasn’t

knew Andrew Yates owned the company, so he wouldn’t dare touch it. Ethan was furious. “I’m here to settle accounts with Andrew Yates. I know you’re involved in that media exposure.” He’d been humiliated by Andrew Yates last night. The news about Chloe and Luke had dropped his company’s stock.

you have

need proof?”

me. No proof meant it was my fault, not Chloe’s. No proof meant I sWindhamed her. Now you want

57.3%

enraged. He pointed at her “Stop with the excuses! Besides the exposure, my company’s

you have many enemies, all

to strike but hesitated, meeting, Alice’s dark eyes, He touched his bruised arm from yesterday,

on

coughed.“Alice, Brother’s just anxious. Don’t take it to

not welcome

without an expression. You hacked my

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