Helen’s POV:
Perhaps due to the change of environment or perhaps because of how terrified I was this morning, all
the tension escaped my body and I began to feel drowsy.
That night, I drifted into an intermittent slumber.I wasn’t as flustered and terrified as I was at home.It
had been so long since I slept properly, so I didn’t want to get up the next morning George was lying
beside me.
When I woke up, he was also awake, seemingly a little tired.
Each time I woke up last night, I felt a gentle hand patting my back and comforting me in silence.
And pretty soon, I’d fall asleep again.He probably didn’t rest properly last night, considering how I woke
up several times in the middle of the night.
While we were having breakfast, he asked me, "Do you still want to ask for leave today? Why don’t you
take another day off?"
"No, I’ve made an appointment with Mr.Wilson from Spacetime Finance.I can’t reschedule again."
George was worried about me, so he held my hand.
"Do you need me to come with you?"
"No, it’s okay.Kendal has already spoken to Mr.Wilson for me," I answered.
Yesterday, due to the accident, I failed to show up for the appointment.
Fortunately, Korbin wasn’t mad.He promised to reschedule the appointment with me.I was pleasantly
surprised at how friendly and considerate he sounded when I called him yesterday.
Thanks to Kendal, I was saved from a lot of trouble.I knew that Korbin was so patient with me simply
for Kendal’s sake.George nodded in response.
"In that case, I’ll drive you there." I didn’t refuse his offer this time.
After what happened yesterday morning, I was now afraid of taking the subway.
Just thinking about what happened was enough to give me the creeps.
Thereafter, he drove me to Spacetime Finance.
Once there, 1 happened to see Kendal swaggering into the building.
George honked the horn of his car.
Kendal glanced at the car, trotted over, and even personally opened the door for me.
"I didn’t expect you to arrive so soon.What a coincidence!"
There was a playful smile on Kendal’s face.I greeted him back with a smile, unfastened my seatbelt,
and got out of the car.
"If you manage to finish up here in advance, wait for me here for a little bit.I’ll come pick her up, got it?"
George said to Kendal sternly.
Visibly unsatisfied, Kendal responded, "Enough is enough, you two.It’s just a business meeting.Why
are you so reluctant to part? What do you think I am? A babysitter?"
George shot him a glance.
"Just take care of her for me."
"Fine, I get it.Just go, man!"
Kendal rolled his eyes.
Then, he took me into Spacetime Finance. I wasn't sure how to react to their interaction.
"How old are you two? How come you’re still bickering like preschool kids?"
The reason I came here to see Korbin was so that I could discuss the acquisition of Fantail
Entertainment with him in detail in order for me to create a detailed action plan later, Even though I had
Kendal to help me, I still wanted to do my best.
I didn’t want to embarrass him, and let Anya and Phil down as well.
George’s POV:
I didn’t withdraw my gaze from them until Helen and Kendal had entered the building.
Afterwards, I drove to a furniture store of a nearby shopping mall.
There, I walked around and bought some furniture with the same style as Helen’s previous furniture.
Then, I wrote down the address to her apartment, gave it to the shop assistant, and requested the new
furniture to be moved into her apartment immediately.
Pretty soon, her empty apartment looked almost the same as before.
Satisfied, I stood in the living room and looked around.
It felt like home again; simple yet warm.
As I sat on the sofa in the center of the living room, I took out my smartphone and opened an app.I
began trying out the products of Zhester Technology that I installed for her one after another.I
remembered that night when I was still abroad and I received a video call from her all of a sudden.
She was asking me what would happen if the door lock was broken and if it could ring for no apparent
reason.She seemed like she was panicking.
At the time, I didn’t pay special attention to it.I just thought that she was just hearing things or
something because she was too stressed at work.
But now, I could tell that something was indeed wrong.Besides, Helen wasn’t someone who’d take the
initiative to bother other people.If she wasn’t feeling terrified or helpless at the time, she wouldn’t have
called me.
Suddenly, something occurred to me, but the thought passed quickly.
Afterwards, I called Kendal.
"I have something important to deal with.Drive Helen back to the law firm for me after you’re done.I’ll
pick her up after work."
After the phone call, I went to the research and development department of Zhester Technology.There,
I downloaded all the data of the smart devices inside Helen’s apartment.
The second Boswell heard about it, he rushed to stop me.
"George, do you know what you’re doing? This is a breach of customer privacy and we have no right to
gain access to that.Do you have any idea how much damage it’ll do to Zhester Technology if you do
that?"
The database of Zhester Technology was confidential, and nobody had any right to access it.If the
public were to find out that the company was able to access and download their customers’ private
data, the company’s image would be ruined and its reputation would collapse.
One of the core competitive advantages of Zhester Technology was the fact that it kept its customers’
data safe.
In the past, news about customers’ data being leaked were common.
However, this kind of thing had never happened to Zhester Technology, and the company had never
been afraid of data privacy investigations.
"George, are you sure that you’re okay with ruining the users’ trust in our company and you?"
Boswell was rarely serious, but he was particularly stern today.I could tell that he didn’t want to see me
continue to make mistakes.
He grabbed my hands to stop me from typing on the keyboard.
Eventually, I stopped.
"Where’s Jane?" I asked, looking at Boswell.
Confused, he answered, "She’s in the headquarters.What happened?"
I stared at the lines of codes on the screen of my laptop.
And for a moment, I felt like deleting all of them.It took me so long before I managed to calm myself
down.
"It’s nothing.I’ll go call her myself."
Since my hunches hadn’t been confirmed yet, I decided not to tell Boswell about it yet.
After leaving the company, I went back to Helen’s apartment.I turned off all the smart devices and
electric appliances in her home.
And then, I deleted the account of Zhester Technology and returned it to stand-alone working mode,
Thereafter, I drove to the law office to pick her up.
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