Chapter 13


    Chapter 13


    Adina’s return to life made Dew forget her purpose foring to Xavier Corporation, and she left the


    company in a panic. Alden followed Dew’s figure as she passed by the first floor’s waiting room. She


    was his mother’s half-sister and the person who, four years ago, had forced his mother to go to another


    country. ‘Dew Daugherty, the heiress of the Daugherty family, huh? ‘Hah!’ Alden scoffed. He turned to


    theputer in the waiting room and walked over to it. Melody was reading a picture book on the


    carpet and did not notice that her brother had left. She waspletely immersed in her own world.


    Alden turned on theputer. It was a little low, but it was still capable of doing what Alden needed it


    to do. He started typing away on the keyboard, and the screen turned blue. Rows of code appeared.


    His mother was an expert programmer, while he was an expert at deciphering already written code. In


    other words, he was a hacker. He easily hacked into Daugherty Corporation’s website. He copied all


    the information about thepany’s clients he found on the website, then used a foreign IP address to


    upload that information on a certain website. Then, he changed some symbols in the Daugherty


    Corporation’s official website’s code, and it crashed! They lived in the age of the inte, and if the


    official website of a major corporation crashed, it dealt a severe blow to thepany’s image. Before


    tech specialists of Daugherty Corporation could fix the website, they heard another piece of bad news


    from foreign news outlets. Their clients’ information had been leaked! In half an hour, Daugherty


    Corporation’s stocks fell by ten ticks. Alden calmly watched the news online with a cold sneer on his


    lips. This was just a small lesson. If they offended his mother again, he would make the Daugherty


    family pay an even greater price. Suddenly, someone drew closer to him. Alden turned around and saw


    that Melody hade over at some point in time. Her eyes were huge and watery, like ake. At that


    moment, her gaze was fixed on theputer screen. But there was nothing interesting about financial


    news, so Alden decided to turn off theputer screen. However, Melody grabbed his hand and


    stopped him. She moved his hand away and drew closer to theputer screen. It was only at that


    moment that Alden noticed that the video had changed because of auto-y, and an aloof face was


    now on the screen. ‘Isn’t this man… the person we ran into on the road just now? ‘Mel seems to beContent bel0ngs to N?vel(D)r/a/ma.Org.


    really interested in him…’ “Mel, do you know him?” Alden asked slowly. But he received no reply.


    Melody just pawed at theputer screen, as if she wanted to pull the man out from it. Alden’s eyes


    fell partially shut as he pondered over her actions. He quickly took a screenshot of the man and


    uploaded in sauceNAO. Soon, all the information about him showed up. Duke Winters, 28 years old,


    the CEO of Winters Corporation. Alden was certain that Melody did not know this person. So, why


    would Melody want to get closer to a stranger? ‘Wait!’ In a sh, Alden remembered something the


    doctors once said. “Autistic children will reject all strangers except their own blood rtives…” ‘Could


    this man be our… ‘But that’s ridiculous!’ Alden had asked Adina about his father before, but she always


    changed the topic, so he stopped asking after a while. He had thought that her refusal meant that his


    father was dead. But… Alden scrutinized the man’s features and noticed that his sister had simr eyes


    and mouth. If things were really as he spected, then he had to find a way to do a DNA paternity test.


    The Daugherty Corporation’s misfortune was snowballing into a major problem. Aaron was exhausted


    from doing damage control. “It’s clear that someone is attacking us from the shadows. You’re trash!


    How could you not have found them yet?! Did we hire you to sit here for fun?!” The people in the


    meeting shivered and did not dare to even breathe loudly. “Don’t be angry, Dad. We should focus on


    how to handle the situation right now…” Dew said. “Tech department, repair the website asap.


    Customer service department, contact our major clients to appease them. Public rtions


    department…” She gave orders calmly, and the people in the meeting room began to carry them out.


    Dew then looked at her furious father and said calmly, “Dad, do you know why Daugherty Corporation


    suddenly faces this crisis?” “Why?” “Because Adina is back.” “What?!” Aaron stood up. “I thought that


    jinx died a long time ago?” “I went to Xavier Corporation today and saw Adina. She’s alive and kicking.”


    Dew bit her lip. “She also said that she’ll take back everything that belongs to her. There’s a possibility


    that she’s the one who leaked the information about our clients today… Dad, I’m really worried about


    her knowing that the twins are alive… She’s their mother, so they should return to her side… “But they


    also have Duke Winters’ blood flowing in their veins. If Duke were to learn that we lied to his family for


    four years, what do you think would happen to us?” Aaron sucked in a deep breath. Had had gone to


    Winters Corporation to make himself known as the grandfather of the twins more than once, but Duke


    Winters never showed him any respect. If he learned that they had been lying to him… Aaron would be


    done for! Daugherty Corporation would also be done for! “Dad, I thought of a way to solve this problem


    once and for all, but I need your help…”