The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1677

Claire raised an eyebrow. So this was a case of professional jealousy.

She desperately wanted to tell him: I'm not here to humiliate you, I'm here to join your team!

Could he just be a little friendlier?

However, she knew that until she proved her skills, she had exactly zero leverage.

“It is getting late. Is Agent Grant around?”

“I'd like to wrap this up quickly so I can get back to bed.”

Claire was just stating a fact, but to Raymond, it sounded like sheer arrogance!

“Ulysses is here. Are you really the girl who bypassed the illegal lab's self-destruct protocol?”

Despite being reprimanded by Adrienne earlier, Raymond refused to back down.

He simply couldn't bring himself to respect an inexperienced teenager.

But he valued the data on that flash drive more than his pride.

He was terrified a clueless kid would trigger the wipe sequence and destroy everything.

If that happened, the entire agency would take the fall, and as the head of the tech department, his head would be the first on the chopping block.

“If you mean The Aila Highlands operation, then yes, that was me.”

Claire answered honestly, but to the heavily biased Raymond, she just sounded insufferably cocky.

“I can't just hand you the drive. You have to prove you actually know what you're doing.”

That was a perfectly reasonable demand.

Claire agreed to the test without hesitation.

If the FIB headquarters wasn't in a rush, neither was she.

Hearing that Claire had arrived, Ulysses rushed out to greet her.

He arrived just in time to hear Raymond demanding a preliminary test.

“Mr. Vance, we are on a massive time crunch. Stop hazing the new consultant.”

Ulysses ran a hand down his face in pure exasperation.

Raymond was a founding member of the agency. Even the top director had to tread lightly around him.

Ulysses had zero authority to pull rank on him.

Raymond wasn't kicking her out; he was just demanding verification. There was nothing Ulysses could do.

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