When the Boss’ Lady Became His Sister-in-law

Chapter 172

Kristin had just stepped In the CEO’s office when she noticed a steaming cup of hot chocolate on the desk..

York, is this for me?” Kristin asked with surprise, her eyes lighting up at the unexpected treat.

“Yeah.” York nodded, a grin spreading across his face.

“Aw, thanks!” Kristin beamed, and her appreciation was genuine.

“Don’t mention it. I lost a bet, and now, I’m your errand boy for three months.” York waved her thanks away casually, not mentioning that it was Rhett’s idea.

He had done the deed, and he was taking the credit.

“Don’t sweat it,” Kristin

about it in a few days.plied quickly, lowering her voice. “Mr. FitzGerald will forget all

“My hearing is just fine. Thank you very much,” came Rhett’s voice from his desk, where he was tapping away at his keyboard.

Kristin suppressed a giggle, sipping the hot chocolate. It was sweet as if someone had added just a hint of sugar, not too much, just perfect.

“Mr. FitzGerald asked me to get you a hot chocolate with little sugar. He thought you might like it,” York admitted under Rhett’s intense gaze, finally revealing the truth behind the thoughtful gesture.

Feeling overwhelmed by the attention, Kristin glanced at Rhett and murmured a shy “Thank you.”

“I’ve got a meeting. Send the SandStone Project files to my computer and ensure it’s encrypted,” Rhett instructed before standing up.

Kristin hesitated, knowing the task was usually for Rhett’s secretary

Rhett had been sidelining Randall for some time, and Kristin.knew that Rhett would make his move once she was competent enough to manage Randall’s responsibilities. temporarily. Randall, for his part, was likely beginning to sense the shift.

“You’ll need to be careful around him,” Kristin thought.

“Mr. FitzGerald…” Kristin began, sitting before his high–tech computer system.

Rhett, who had reached the office door, turned back at her hesitation. “Yes?”

“The computer…” Kristin faltered, not entirely confident.

The technology had advanced quickly since her time, but she had learned computer repair

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she caught on

pro, but she had learned from a fellow Inmate, a hacker who did her time for causing a

stood up for her, she had warmed up and taught

to use it?” Rhett mistook her hesitation for unfamiliarity with his computer system and

expertly pulled up the task manager to

her, a surprised smile playing

Kristin pointed to a strangely named process. “Have you opened

looked like Rhett’s computer might have

expression darkened, and he instructed York,

was their go–to cybersecurity

checked the system logs and found unauthorized

breaches.

files,” Kristin urged, panic

morning. meeting. We’ll do it in the afternoon. Tell them I need to finalize the SandStone Project first thing.”

leaving to carry out

good idea of

system,” Rhett instructed Kristin, asking her to input the final

“Mr. FitzGerald, this is

contingency plan,” Rhett reassured her, ruffling her hair

sense of alertness was endearing, a clear sign of a past that had taught her to be

would never have developed such sharp instincts if she had been a

she focused on entering the files

seriousness.

a delivery guy, and went

hire a beautiful new assistant?” Granger joked, nudging Rhett as he set down

off. Don’t scare her,” Rhett scolded, his

moving away from the

Granger corrected himself with a more respectful tone. “Hey, you

stammered, “Ah, what?”

dealings supposed to

warned,

nodded, getting down to business. “Any

be Vincent. He’s the only one interested in sabotaging the desert project,” Rhett said in a

resist. Create a new file with an enticing topic,” Granger suggested, plugging his USB into the computer. “To snag a big fish, we need to hack his system without him catching on.”

don’t know what he’s into,”

on the file,” Kristin said

Turner.”

paused, not quite