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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Intelligent, she caught on quickly to computer

Inmate, a hacker who did her time for causing a company significant

initially bullied Kristin with the others, but after Kristin had stood up for her, she had warmed up

mistook her hesitation for unfamiliarity

pulled up the task manager to check for

surprised smile playing on his

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

looked like Rhett’s computer

expression darkened, and he

go–to

checked the system logs and found unauthorized login attempts

breaches.

missing important files,” Kristin urged, panic

the morning. meeting. We’ll do it in the afternoon. Tell them I need

to carry out

a good idea of who was behind

Rhett instructed Kristin, asking her to input the final

hesitated, worried. “Mr. FitzGerald,

contingency plan,” Rhett

of a past that had taught

developed such sharp instincts if she had

cheeks flushed with embarrassment, but she focused on

seriousness.

minutes, disguised as a delivery guy, and went to

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

Rhett scolded,

instinctively moving away

more respectful tone.

“Ah, what?”

dealings supposed to be a

warned, his frown

to business. “Any idea who our

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

plugging his USB into the computer. “To snag a big fish, we need to hack

don’t know what he’s into,” Rhett grumbled, clearly irritated.

the file,” Kristin said

Turner.”

quite catching