Chapter 883

Herman had no idea someone had been following Anastasia. She hadn't

mentioned it-figured, why worry him if nothing happened? But now it had slipped

out, and there was no point hiding it.

She came clean. "On my way home from work this afternoon, someone was

following me..."

She gave him the short version, then quickly added, "I'm fine. The guy's name

was Ben, I think-he was pretty clueless. Total rookie move. He's at the police

station now."

Anastasia knew Herman would worry, so she made sure he understood she

hadn't been hurt.

When Herman heard about the close call, his stomach twisted. "If people are

going that far, whatever's on that chip must be important."

He didn't dare shrug it off. He grabbed his laptop and tried to crack the chip, but

after two tries, no luck.

It was seriously encrypted.

If even Herman couldn't break in, that was saying something. Nelson had always

called him a computer genius. If this stumped him, they were in trouble.

"This thing's a hot potato," Anastasia said, her tone all business. "No idea where

to get rid of

"I haven't heard from Rowan

Anastasia zeroed in,

into his fist. "Um, I've run

been

been worried Rowan might have bad intentions,

every time he heard about

orbit, a pang

me for?" Anastasia wondered aloud. Even as

what Melody

time she'd almost been trapped, it was

for that. That's

in the

After a moment, Herman broke the quiet.

keep working on

took the hint and let the Rowan topic

to fix Herman a cup of

mother-in-law,

called. "You're

"Don't even

head down and started upstairs.

after her, "Ana, I'm moving out tomorrow.

to

Anastasia stopped short, stunned.

Mom, you can't. Your

and

Why go back to that old

bothering

about the

miss them!"

was, Salma

weren't

everything with

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