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 given her
and Elliot exchanged glances for a moment as they came
did you and Mike meet, Miss Tate? It‘s hard to imagine that you would know someone that special,” Ben said, changing
of water
a networking event when I was studying
Did he follow
came because he felt like it, and he‘ll leave when he feels like it. What‘s this about following me around?” Avery said as she
Sterling Group trying to explain his intentions to the
desk
need an appointment to see Mr.
now,”
make an appointment after lunch at two in the afternoon, ”
not what I mean... Elliot Foster and Ben Schaffer sent me to see him. Do
was
the president and chief
call Mr. Rayner and bring the matter to
to Mike and said, “Mr.
told me to come here. Are you going to listen to him or your boss? Just take me to where
determined to see Chad because he was
hesitated for a moment, then led Mike
Chad saw Mike, he began to seethe with
to Chad‘s office behind him, then snapped coldly,
chastising, Chad refused to back
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