Connor’s eyes grew dark as his voice cooled. “He’s not the type to back down. If that’s how it is, I’ll have to make the first move.”
Lydia was on the same page. If someone had paid off Blood Oath and put a kill order on Connor, this was all or nothing. No point waiting around for the next hit. It was time to flip the script and take control.
“Oh, and call Chris. Tell him to come over for dinner tonight.”
They’d been running around all night and needed a proper meal. Plus, she had some questions for Chris about his hacking. Doing things for the country was one thing, but tonight was different. This was Connor’s enemy, and she wouldn’t let Chris get dragged into something that could put Connor in danger.
Connor couldn’t help but feel a little jealous about it. “You want him to join us for dinner?”
Weren’t they supposed to have a nice, quiet dinner for two? Did they really have to bring in a third wheel?
Lydia just nodded. “Yeah.”
Connor had no choice but to go along with it.
Meanwhile, the internet was buzzing again. People were saying that the huge leaks from earlier that night were the work of the famous hacker, L. The news had come out of nowhere, backed by solid evidence, and it exposed some really big players. Given L’s reputation for taking down the bad guys, everyone just assumed it had to be him.
Lydia’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing, but she ignored it. She wasn’t about to respond to any of it.
Chris was just finishing up patching some system holes when he got Connor’s call, inviting him to dinner. He was honestly shocked. Every other time he’d dropped by, his brother always looked like he was annoyed to have him there, like he was just getting in the way. Why the sudden invite tonight? He couldn’t shake the feeling that something was up.
Chris just stood there, completely lost. Wait… wasn’t that why Grandpa was here? He glanced at Lydia, Connor, and Mikey, hoping someone would explain.
Connor, pinned by his grandfather’s stare, tried to calm him down. “Really, you don’t have to worry. It’s all in the past now.”
But Grandpa’s face was deadly serious. “How could you not tell me about something like this?”
Chris had no idea what to say.
Mikey jumped in to help. “Grandpa, Blake just didn’t want you to worry. He asked us all to keep quiet about it. It’s over now. He’s fine.”

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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