"Tsk." Shanley leaned back, his tall frame rxing into the chair, a faint smile ying on his handsome face. "A love fortro can be cute. Just as long as she''s not a stone-faced grump like you."


    "One look at my face, and you know my sister can''t be anything but gorgeous," Jimmie retorted with a cold sneer. "Definitely better looking than your girl."


    "I wouldn''t be so sure about that," Shanley said, his eyes narrowing as a devilishly charming smile spread across his lips. His little girl had a beautiful smile. Most people couldn''tpare.


    Juniper''s brow furrowed as she listened to Shanley''s words. She thought, "What does he mean? Judging my looks based on Jimmie''s face? Does he think I''m as ugly as Jimmie? When did he go blind?"


    As expected, birds of a feather flock together. Neither of them was any good.


    Just as she was stewing in her thoughts, her phone rang.


    “Juniper!” Lue''s excited voice came through the line. "I heard that pretty boy Jimmie hired Borealia''s Cybeic Shadows, part of the Sigma Network, to find you! The nerve of that guy, going to our mortal enemies for help!”


    Lue was furious.


    Juniper''s mood soured even further. The Sigma Network was her biggest rival. Theypeted for clients, for territory, for hacking rankings... for everything. The leader of the Sigma Network must have been a bandit in a past life. And now her cheap, long-lost brother who had told her to get lost had hired her arch-nemesis to find her? Hrious!


    Her mood was now officially in the gutter.


    "Juniper?" Lue asked tentatively when she didn''t get a response.


    "I''m here."


    "I remember you had me investigate that pretty boyst time," Lue recalled, sensing there was more to the story. "What''s going on?"


    "It''s possible..." Juniper bit her lip, reluctantly admitting, "that Jimmie and I are rted."


    "What?" Lue''s voice shot up, sharp with shock. "Don''t tell me I was right and you two are secretly in love!"


    "No!" Juniper frowned, her voice low and cold. "Jimmie... is my brother."


    "Brother? Oh, I thought he was your boyfriend. Never mind then," Lue said with augh, relieved. “I was about to say, that pretty boy Jimmie has no looks, no ss... he''s not worthy of you at all!"


    Thank goodness. She couldn''t bear to see the little girl she had watched grow up get snatched by some pig.


    "Wait!" Lue''sughter stopped abruptly, her voice taking a sharp turn. "What did you say? What did you just say?"


    "Jimmie is my long-lost brother," Juniper said all at once, her tone awkward. "The DNA test is done. It''s ny-nine percent certain.”


    The remaining one percent had just been confirmed moments ago. Only the two of them could eattro with such insane devotion.


    Lue''s mind went nk as she reyed Juniper''s words. If Jimmie was Juniper''s brother... hadn''t she just insulted him rather crudely?


    What had she said? "No looks" indirectly calling Juniper ugly. "No ss" indirectly saying Juniper had no ss. Oh, right. She had also called him a pretty boy.


    "But I''ve already blocked all your information," Lue said, each word spoken with extreme caution. "Cybeic Shadows is good, but it would take them a long time to find anything now." And in that time, they could create countless fake profiles to mislead them. She hoped her little boss wouldn''t be mad at her for losing the brother she had just found.


    “Is that so?” Juniper propped her chin on her hand, her beautiful eyes narrowed as she watched the two menughing and chatting outside. A sly smile crept onto her lips.


    "Excellent work."