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.
expression had unwittingly given
glances for a moment as they
Ben said, changing the subject to something more lighthearted. “Also, it looks like he‘s especially obedient. He listens
of water and made up an
studying abroad. We’re friends, so there’s no such thing
Did he follow
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 placed it on her
was at Sterling Group trying to explain
desk
an
now,” Mike
make an appointment after
not what I mean... Elliot Foster and Ben Schaffer sent me to see him. Do you know who those two
was
could she possibly not know who the president and chief financial officer
call Mr. Rayner and bring the matter
receptionist turned to Mike and said, “Mr. Rayner doesn’t
your boss told me to come here. Are you going to listen to him or your
Chad because he
receptionist hesitated for a moment, then led Mike
Mike, he began
closed the door to Chad‘s office behind him,
Chad
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