Alice sensed Jack''s identity was shrouded in mystery. After her question, he remained silent. She probed, "Can''t I ask?" Was his job ssified?


    “Ahem, Little Lemon, that''s not what I meant. You should ask him. I have a meeting Gotta go!* Andrew Yates hung up, relieved. Little Lemon was sharp. He called Jack immediately, to warn him. He''d done enough- taking the fall for keeping a college student was more than enough. Alice considered Andrew Yates''s words. Jack''s past job was probably shady. Mysterious. She checked the news; the buzz had died down. Someone had suppressed it. The stock drop was probably giving Ethan a headache.


    Feeling better, she opened herputer to fix the Al issues.


    A message popped up from the ck Danielet. A message from an admin: "Someone wants to buy your firewall system from a while back. They''re offering two million to rewrite one for theirpany."


    Easy money. Alice replied: "Five million."


    The admin replied after a while:“They agreed. They want you to personally install and test it to prove it can withstand attacks, then you''ll get the rest. Plus one million annually for maintenance and emergency fixes.” Thispany was frequently attacked.


    "Okay. What''s thepany name?"


    "Confidential. You''ll find out when you go to install it."


    So secretive. They''d made enemies. Alice didn''t press; anonymity was important in the ck Danielet. She understood. As long as they paid.


    Alice took the job. Who would turn down easy money?


    She continued coding the Al project. After lunch, she went to Maple Leaf. But there were bodyguards outside her floor. Who was here?


    The representative rushed over."Alice, the Alices are here-your brothers. They look angry."


    Two brothers?


    As Alice approached her office, Ethan emerged."Alice, I thought you could hide forever. You think someone protects you, and I can''t find you?"


    Alice saw Luke inside. But Andrew Yates wasn''t there.


    She entered her office, frowning."What do you want?" They came straight to the office! But Ethan now knew Andrew Yates owned thepany, so he wouldn''t dare touch it. Ethan was furious. “I''m here to settle ounts with Andrew Yates. I know you''re involved in that media exposure." He''d been humiliated by Andrew Yatesst night. The news about Chloe and Luke had dropped hispany''s stock. Alice and Andrew Yates were clearly connected.


    Alice smirked."Do you have proof?"


    "Do I need proof?"


    Alice mocked him. “But you always demanded proof for anything involving me. No proof meant it was my fault, not Chloe''s. No proof meant I sWindhamed her. Now you want proof?"


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    Edhan was enraged. He pointed at her "Stop with the excuses! Besides the exposure, mypany''s firewall keeps getting attacked! Did you do that?"


    Aliceughed "Looks like you have many enemies, all vultures.


    "Who else could do this?" Ethan was ready to strike but hesitated, meeting, Alice''s dark eyes, He touched his bruised arm from yesterday,


    Alice saw him restrain himself. Violence seemed to work on him. At least he wouldn''t dare attack her again. Luke coughed."Alice, Brother''s just anxious. Don''t take it to heart."


    Alice was impatient. "You''re not wee here. Leave!"


    “Alice, I won''t leave without an expression. You hacked mypany''s system. Did you steal trade


    secrets?"


    “expression, huh?" Alice opened Andrew Yates''sputer, her slender fingers flying across the keyboard. Code filled the screen, quickly hacking into Ethan''spany system. Luke was surprised by Alice''s skills. She wrote code and hacked into Ethan''s system-a highly secured system-on the fly, He hadn''t realized how talented she was. He''d underestimated her. Ethan sneered."Alice, fix my system."


    Ethan''s secretary panicked, “Boss, the entire system has crashed. Security ispromised!" "What?!” Ethan looked at Alice."Stop! What did you do?" He thought she was fixing the system. Alice stopped, cold and calm."You wanted an expression?"


    "That''s not an expression!"


    "If I hacked yourpany, wouldn''t it be more significant? This is what it would look like. Get it?"


    Ethan was sweating. He shouted at his secretary, "What are you looking at me for? Get IT to fix it!" A bunch of idiots!


    Alice watched Ethan frantically trying to fix the problem, but it wouldn''t be easy. He came to her, his hands on the desk, eyes


    bloodshot.


    "Alice, fix my system! This is Alice tilted her head."Beg me."


    your mess!"