Chatper 55


    Chapter 55


    Actually, it had been ages since she’d had a bowl of tomato soup. This was probably the first one she’d


    had since moving abroad.


    Nobody knew her taste in food, so she’d long be ustomed to making do.


    [Mission start.] Chowing down on her meal with one hand, she shot a message to King’s butler with the


    other. [Get ready.]


    Brian had just finished tucking Nate Into bed after his bath and came out to find Natalie’s fingers


    dancing across herptop keyboard at lightning speed. The screen was angled away from him, its light


    reflecting off her face.


    Minutester, Natalie snapped theptop shut and got up to clear the dishes.


    He stood in the doorway, watching her turn and head to the kitchen.


    After a few seconds, he walked over to Natalie’sptop, flipped it open, and took a peek.


    He knew her password, a string ofplex numbers. Sure enough, theptop sprung to life.


    What he saw was the game page she hadn’t logged out of.


    At the top of the page, a banner scrolled, “BackOffMyBabe‘, Congrattions to you on a five–game


    winning streak!”


    “Boss, you’re invincible!!!” Thements section was awash with cheers.


    She was still into theseputer games just like she had been for years. Back when she didn’t have


    herptop, she’d always curl up in his armchair, sneakily ying games on his desktop, cracking every


    new password he set.


    Eventually, Brian got used to it and an unspoken rule was established in the house. No one but her


    could enter his study.


    Brian reached out, hit the escape key, and exited the game. The desktop was immacte, adorned


    with just a few game shortcuts.


    He nced at it, then, out of some mixture of concern and curiosity, he runched the game.


    Reid had said Natalie seemed off.


    Given Natalie’s knack for IT, Brian couldn’t help but wonder about her. But herputer was clean,


    nothing out of the ordinary.


    The hacker who lived on the sixth floor was a more likely suspect.


    The moment he closed theptop, Natalie was standing at the kitchen doorway, holding a te of


    neatly sliced fruit.


    “Fancy some fruit?” Natalie asked him calmly, as if it didn’t bother her in the slightest that he’d touched


    herptop.


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    Chapter 55


    While Brian was in the shower, Natalie switched to her FireWing ount and messaged the client who


    had offered her a job with a hefty starting bonus.


    [Here’s your deposit back. My boss is not in the condition to proceed) she texted.


    A secondter, she heard Brian’s phone buzz from the bathroom next door.


    She nced at his silhouette behind the frosted ss as he picked up his phone.


    Then she deleted the client’s contact and switched back to her main ount. Shoving the phone under


    her pillow, shey down to sleep.


    Natalie had thought it was just a coincidence, perhaps some PR manager under him reaching out for


    negotiations, But now, it was clear that the persistent client had been Brian all along.


    When she was approached by Bright Peak Energy, she had no idea the WL Group was owned by


    Brian. The offer was lucrative, so she epted without hesitation.


    The speed with which she had taken the job equaled her regret now.


    With eyes closed, she turned her back to the bathroom, listening as Brian finished his shower and


    returned to the bedroom.


    She deliberately slept on the side of the bed near the window, leaving Nate in the middle and half a


    bed’s space for Brian. But if he chose to sleep on the couch, she wouldn’t mind. The nket was at the


    head of the bed.


    She listened to him rustle open the nket and lie down on the other side, then heard him. switch off


    the light.


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    After a moment of relief in the dark, she began to drift off to sleep.


    Suddenly, she felt the bed shift slightly. Brian’s hand wrapped around her waist, his palm burning hot.