After Sabina found out, she just had to get involved. She pulled a few sneaky moves and managed to swipe the letter of intent right out from under Emily’s nose. All that work Emily put in, all her careful planning, gone in an instant. And now Sabina actually had the guts to show up and gloat about it?
“It’s only a letter of intent. It’s not like it’s a contract,” Emily said. She gently pulled her assistant behind her, her expression cool and unreadable as she looked at Sabina. A small smile played at the corners of her lips. “Nothing’s set in stone until the very end. Anything can happen.”
Sabina’s grin grew even wider, practically glowing with pride. “Let’s just wait and see, shall we?” She tossed her hair, strutting away like she owned the place.
“Ugh, what a witch,” the assistant muttered, glaring at Sabina’s back. “I wish I could leak her unfiltered selfies to her fans. Imagine the look on their faces.”
Just the thought made Emily burst out laughing.
“Emily, how can you still laugh right now?” The assistant looked like she was on the verge of tears, her voice dropping to a whisper. “Unless… do you have some secret plan?”
Emily met her eyes, gave a helpless shrug, and smiled. “Nope, I really don’t.”
Kenneth had texted her, saying he’d handle it for her. But Emily knew this wasn’t going to be easy, and she didn’t want to give him that kind of pressure.
The assistant just stared at her, speechless. This time, it really looked like they were out of luck.
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After dinner and a good rest, Charlotte settled in with her laptop to tackle her newest task. She needed to hack into a phone and track down a contact. The first step went off without a hitch.
But once she was in, Charlotte noticed something weird right away. The person she was after was using some kind of virtual number. The contact list showed only two digits: 88. The number worked for calls in and out, but nobody could figure out the rest of it without some serious skills.

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