CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

That caused the lead guard to bow his head even lower. “She escaped in a van after we chased her out of the

jewelry market. We could only watch her slip away as we weren't able to keep up on foot.”

“I don't think it'd be reasonable to blame them for not being able to outrun a vehicle.” Natalie exhaled.

As disappointed as she was by the outcome, she remained sympathetic and found no justification for being upset

with them.

“In which direction was Jacqueline last headed? Do you still remember the license plate?” Shane asked as he

regarded the man.

“Toward the university town. I still remember the license plate,” he affirmed.

“Good.” Shane nodded before he turned to Natalie. “Go get Connor down here.”

Natalie grunted. She understood that he intended to have Connor locate Jacqueline using the direction of her

escape and the van's license plate and thus went up to bring her son downstairs.

Shortly after, Natalie returned with both of her children, and the boy Connor had a handy little laptop in his

clutches.

It was one that Shane had custom-built for him. With superior battery life and high-end specifications, it was a

machine capable of handling elaborate calculations.

After Connor learned what his father needed of him, he switched on the computer with his diminutive fingers and

started to tap away on the keyboard in a flurry.

Sally's and Lina's jaws were agape as they observed at the side.

“Hey, do you understand what's going on here?” whispered Lina as she nudged at Sally with an elbow.

Sally gulped. “You may not know this, but Connor's a hacker and a very good one at that.”

“What? This little kid? A hacker?” Lina exclaimed.

Sally nodded. “Yeah. There was once I thought he was playing video games when I saw him fiddling with the

computer. But when I went over, the entire screen was just covered with flashing codes that were moving so fast

that they had my eyes in a blur. It was only after talking to Nat afterward that I got to know about what Connor

does.”

“Goodness me. This five-year-old boy's so massively talented. I'm really impressed.” Lina's eyes were aglow as she

looked at Connor in admiration.

Connor sensed that someone was staring but paid no attention to it. He focused his attention on sifting through all

the security footage within the university town.

After some time, he pointed to a vehicle and said, “Found it.”

That prompted Shane and Natalie to bring themselves closer to the laptop.

“Where is it? Have you located where Jacqueline and Sean are hiding?” Natalie asked anxiously.

Shane shook his head. “No, what Connor meant to say is that he has determined Jacqueline's route of escape.”

“Yes. Jacqueline's vehicle did enter the university town. But after it went inside, the security footage in the vicinity

was all destroyed. Which is to say that we only know that she went inside the university compound, but cannot

determine whether she stayed, or abandoned the vehicle and left, because the spy cameras did not show whether

that van exited,” a glum-looking Connor explained.

Notolie furrowed her brows. “Does thot meon we've lost trock of her for o second time?”

“Yeoh.” Connor nodded. “But I hove on ideo how we might be oble to find her, ond thot's by hocking into the

sotellite surveillonce system ond using it to locote her.”

“No!” o solemn Shone resolutely rejected thot proposol. “You're not to hock into the sotellite systems regordless of

wherever you moy be. Is thot cleor, Connor?”

He regorded his son with on eornestness thot got Notolie looking quite serious os well. “Yes. Listen to your doddy,

Connor.”

As they were overseos, should the government of such o country discover their systems being hocked ond find their

woy to Connor, they would not likely ollow the boy to return to his own country. With the immense obility

demonstroted ot his tender oge, Connor might even be forcibly detoined in view of being nurtured into becoming

one of their own. Thot meont thot the boy might never be oble to go bock home ogoin.

It would be the some for the outhorities in their home country who would similorly not ollow Connor to continue

stoying with the Thompson fomily ond likewise toke him owoy.

Hence, Shone ond herself would rother employ the leost efficient methods to try to trock down Jocqueline thon

ollow their own son to hock into the sotellite, even though thot might be the quickest woy for them to pinpoint their

torgets.

Natalie furrowed her brows. “Does that mean we've lost track of her for a second time?”

“Yeah.” Connor nodded. “But I have an idea how we might be able to find her, and that's by hacking into the

satellite surveillance system and using it to locate her.”

“No!” a solemn Shane resolutely rejected that proposal. “You're not to hack into the satellite systems regardless of

wherever you may be. Is that clear, Connor?”

He regarded his son with an earnestness that got Natalie looking quite serious as well. “Yes. Listen to your daddy,

Connor.”

As they were overseas, should the government of such a country discover their systems being hacked and find their

way to Connor, they would not likely allow the boy to return to his own country. With the immense ability

demonstrated at his tender age, Connor might even be forcibly detained in view of being nurtured into becoming

one of their own. That meant that the boy might never be able to go back home again.

It would be the same for the authorities in their home country who would similarly not allow Connor to continue

staying with the Thompson family and likewise take him away.

Hence, Shane and herself would rather employ the least efficient methods to try to track down Jacqueline than

allow their own son to hack into the satellite, even though that might be the quickest way for them to pinpoint their

targets.