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He opened a file that was full of codes.
This… does not fall under my job scope, Elisa thought helplessly.
“This code needs two people to break. Can you help me?” he asked quietly. Even though he was
asking for her help, it was more of an order than a request.
While she hesitated, he took a laptop out of a drawer and handed it to her.
Though speechless, she took it. Seeing how he didn’t stop her from breaking into his company secrets,
she switched it on.
Then, he passed her the pen drive. After opening the files, both of them started cracking the code.
Apart from the tapping on the keyboards, nothing else could be heard.
Both of them were intensely focused on their screens. While working on it, they could also see each
other’s progress.
It took more than three hours to complete it, and they missed lunch because of that.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter pressing the enter button one last time, Elisa massaged her arms.
“Does it hurt?” he asked.
“No.” She looked at him. “Is there anything else?”
“Not for now.”
She didn’t even look at the contents after successfully cracking the code. She merely shut the laptop
and got up.
“I’ll take my leave, then.” She nodded.
“Thomas has already bought our lunch. Let’s eat something first,” Gareth said indifferently.
Elisa didn’t want to spend any more time with him, so she rejected coolly, “It’s okay. You guys go
ahead.”
With that, she proceeded to walk out of the room.
However, he quickly grabbed her hand. She frowned at him, but she didn’t jerk away.
Gareth’s behavior was out of character, making Elisa feel that something was off.
“Please let go.”
Nevertheless, he pulled her into her chair. Before she could even struggle to get up, Thomas’ voice
rang at the door.
“Mr. Wickam.”
“Come in.”
Elisa quickly sat up straight, not wanting to be seen with him like that.
As soon as Gareth let go of her hand, Thomas entered slowly as though he was giving them time to
compose themselves.
After placing the food on the table, he said, “I’m busy with something else, so I’ll leave first.”
He didn’t want to be the third wheel in the room.
On top of that, he didn’t want to see his boss being rejected by Elisa.
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Gareth and Elisa remained silent upon hearing that, and Thomas walked out of the room as usual.
Both of them were left alone again.
Looking at Gareth, Elisa demanded, “Don’t you think you are acting very weird? Since you want to
remarry, why are you putting on such a show?”
His face darkened, but Elisa let out a sarcastic snort before continuing, “I’m finally free from the agony
of loving you. Yet, do you want me to repeat that again? I didn’t know you were this ruthless, Gareth.”
He had stated a few times that she was heartless, but to her, he was thousands of times worse than
her.
His sharp gaze lingered on her as he thought, Free from the agony of love? So, am I just another man
to her now?
With a sneer, he retorted, “Ruthless? Which of us is more ruthless?”
Since the divorce, Elisa had inflicted much damage on him, each more ruthless than the last.
She didn’t even think of Julia’s feelings when she attacked Wickam Group.
Isn’t she more ruthless?
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