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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caught on quickly to computer

fellow Inmate, a hacker who did her time for causing a company significant financial loss through illegal system breaches.

others, but after Kristin had stood up

it?” Rhett mistook her hesitation for

not that.” Kristin shook her head and expertly pulled up

smile playing on his lips

Kristin pointed to a strangely named process. “Have you opened any suspicious programs?”

like Rhett’s computer might have

and he instructed York, “Call Granger.”

their go–to cybersecurity expert.

logs and found unauthorized login

breaches.

you should check for any missing important files,” Kristin urged, panic edging her voice. “Maybe we should call the police.”

play along,” Rhett said, glancing at the clock. “York, cancel the morning. meeting. We’ll do it in the afternoon. Tell them I need to finalize the SandStone

carry out the

idea of who was

project proposal into the system,” Rhett instructed Kristin, asking

hesitated, worried. “Mr. FitzGerald, this is

have a contingency plan,” Rhett reassured her,

sense of alertness was endearing, a clear sign of a

never have developed such sharp instincts if she

with embarrassment, but she focused on entering the

seriousness.

twenty minutes, disguised as a delivery guy, and went

Granger joked, nudging Rhett as he

scare her,” Rhett scolded, his brow

eyed Granger nervously, instinctively moving away from the

himself with a more respectful

“Ah,

dealings supposed to be

warned, his frown

getting down to business. “Any idea who our

got to be Vincent. He’s the only one interested in sabotaging

suggested, plugging his USB into the computer. “To snag a big fish, we need to hack his system without

know what he’s into,” Rhett grumbled, clearly

the file,” Kristin said

Turner.”

paused, not quite catching