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    After his organization was breached twice, Earle had hired experts to tighten hiswork security.


    But it didn’t change a thing. By Elena’s third strike, his firewall copsed like a house of cards. She typed out a simple message on his screen. “Get lost.”


    Earle leaned back in his chair, staring at the message. Slowly, a smirk crept onto his lips. Feisty. He liked that. The more he watched her work, the less he wanted to hurt her. A woman this intriguing was worth keeping around.


    His team stood before him, heads lowered. “Apologies, Mr. Miller. This hacker was too strong. Even with all of us, we couldn’t block her.”


    Earle waved them off. “Of course, you couldn’t. No one can stop her.”


    One of them hesitated. “What’s our next move?”


    Earle’s eyes gleamed with interest. “Find a project. Get in touch with someone from the Harper Group. Tell them I want to work with Elena.”


    Alexander arrived hometer that evening.


    Jolie sat in the living room, deep in thought, not even noticing when Alexander walked in.


    Alexander shrugged off his suit jacket and settled next to her on the couch. Sliding an arm around her shoulders, he spoke gently. “What’s got you so distracted?”


    Jolie blinked, finally snapping out of it. She leaned against him and sighed. “Honey, I’m still worried. Elena hasn’t been back long, and she barely knows anyone. I just… I don’t want anything bad to happen.”


    “You’re overthinking it.”


    Alexander recalled the background check his secretary had run. Elena was well-mannered and didn’t hang around the wrong crowd. Other than her business deal with Malcolm over the scented candles, the only man in her orbit was Wesley.


    Alexander knew exactly what kind of man Wesley was. That man was practically allergic to romance. Since Elena worked at Wesley’spany, whatever connection they had was probably just business.


    “I had someone check,” Alexander assured her. “There’s no one suspicious around Elena. Rx.”


    “Are you sure?” Jolie’s doubt lingered.


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    Alexander chuckled. “Come on, you know our daughter. She’s too sharp to fall for anything stupid.”


    Jolie thought it over and had to admit—Elena was brilliant, not easily fooled. Then, Alexander mused, “What did surprise me, though, is how familiar she seems with Wesley.”


    Jolie’s posture stiffened. “Wesley?”


    “Yeah,” Alexander confirmed. “I just learned today that she works for hispany—Edgewing.”


    Wesley was a stone-cold workaholic, known for his icy attitude and zero tolerance for distractions.


    Alexander wasn’t worried about any romance between Wesley and Elena—Wesley wasn’t the type.


    Jolie let out a breath, her shoulders easing. “That’s a relief. She’s probably not dating anyone then.”


    Jolie had only just reunited with her daughter—she wanted more time before Elena got caught up in a rtionship.


    Feeling lighter, Jolie shifted her focus back to Alexander. “Honey, you’re home early. Did you wrap things up at work?”


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