Chapter 210 Avery’s chest tightened.
She could hear the nervous tremor in her own voice as she tried to stay calm.
“I see... What did the challenge entail?”
Elliot’s thick brows furrowed as he said with a chilling expression, “Come and strangle me,
you *sshole!”
Avery was speechless.
Ben did not know whether to laugh or cry.
“I suspect the hacker‘s pretty young!”
“Not necessarily!” Avery said. “You can‘t tell much from that one sentence!”
“An adult probably wouldn‘t add in the term ‘*sshole‘ right? Other than in those old, corny soap operas, of course.”
To prevent them from suspecting a minor, Avery looked at Ben and muttered, “*sshole,” then turned to Elliot and once again said, “*sshole.”
Both Ben and Elliot sat in stunned silence.
“See, there‘s nothing silly about the word!” Avery said. “Adults can easily use it, too.”
She was hard at work, trying to clear her son‘s name.
had unwittingly
a moment as they came
Ben said, changing the subject to something more lighthearted. “Also, it looks
of water and made up
a networking event when I was studying abroad. We’re friends,
he
he felt like it, and he‘ll leave when he feels like it. What‘s this about following me around?” Avery said as she picked up a taco and
at Sterling Group trying to explain
desk
need an
lunchtime now,”
It‘s lunchtime, so you may make an appointment after lunch
not what I mean... Elliot Foster and Ben Schaffer sent me to see him. Do you
receptionist was taken
know who the president and chief financial
Rayner and bring the matter to his
phone call, the receptionist turned to Mike and
me to come here. Are you going to listen to him or your boss? Just take me to where he is,” Mike
see Chad
moment, then led Mike to Chad’s
Mike, he began to seethe with anger.
Chad‘s office behind him, then snapped coldly, “You spy!”
Mike‘s chastising, Chad refused
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