He Waited She Wilted (Ottilie and Yorath) novel Chapter 336

Playing dumb wasn't going to save her this time. Ottilie went straight for the truth.

"Sorry. I was messing around on my laptop, accidentally got into your system, accidentally saw it, and accidentally made a copy. The original is still safe on your hard drive."

They were already on thin ice. She braced herself for an absolute explosion. To be fair, he rarely raised his voice at her. Tossing her clothes in the trash was the most aggressive thing he'd ever done.

Yorath finished plating the last dish and looked over his shoulder. "Noted."

They ate in silence. She thought they had moved past it. She went to bed, only to be woken in the dead of night by a call from Jevon Crawford.

"Ottilie, you've got some nerve!" Jevon barked. "Hacking Yorath's computer? Do you have any idea what you've done? He just ripped the IT department a new one, docked their yearly bonuses, and now they're working overtime trying to patch the leak! I didn't think you had it in you. Color me impressed."

"Thanks," she replied, completely unbothered. If she survived Yorath's wrath, Jevon didn't scare her.

"When did you even learn how to do that?"

"A long time ago."

"Then why didn't you hack my network and steal my files?" Jevon demanded. The guy had serious issues.

"Because you don't have anything worth stealing, Mr. Crawford."

Jevon practically lost his mind on the other end of the line. "Listen here! I'm offering you the honor of hacking my system! Don't push your luck. I want you to break into my network right now and show me where the vulnerabilities are."

"My consulting rates are very high," she said dryly, figuring she should charge industry standard.

"How much?" Jevon sneered, convinced she was delusional. They were acquaintances; why was she demanding money?

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