Chapter 10
Aurelia didn’t trust Damien. Afraid he might try something behind the scenes, she asked Harrison to bring in two more expert hackers to track the digital signal alongside him.
“Aury, you don’t trust me?” Damien’s pupils quivered slightly, and a flicker of hurt showed in his usually unreadable eyes for the first time. “That’s right. I don’t trust you,” Aurelia said coldly. “You’re not worth trusting.”
Damien silently clenched his fists but quickly relaxed them.
“Forget it. You’re angry right now. I won’t argue with you. I’ll prove my innocence and earn back your trust.”
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After saying those words, Damien opened the laptop and began tracing the digital signal source behind the leaked private photos and video.
Lines of green code flashed rapidly across the screen as he typed intently, his expression sharper than ever.
The other two hackers also worked hard, fingers flying across their keyboards–but neither could match Damien’s speed or skill.
Soon, he locked onto a single data source, buried deep in a flood of information.
His eyes narrowed, and a faint smirk tugged at
the cop of
his lips. “Got it.”
Instantly, the crowd pressed in, craning their necks to catch a glimpse of Damien’s screen.
But the screen was flooded with lines of green code, which was an indecipherable blur to everyone watching.
“Damien, what does this mean?” Harrison asked, confused. “Who’s the culprit?”
Damien’s expression froze. He stared at the final line of green code on the screen, and his face instantly darkened.
To the untrained eye, it looked like nothing more than a jumble of green code–but anyone with hacking knowledge could instantly recognize what it meant. The final line revealed the culprit’s current location, the exact phone model they used, and the precise method they employed to hijack the projector and broadcast those private photos and video.
Damien’s face went ashen. He abruptly shut the laptop before the other two hackers could lean in for a closer look
“There’s no need to keep searching!” Damien said sharply. “I already know who’s behind this.”
As he spoke, he strode forward and, without hesitation, snatched the laptops from the other two hackers.
“Damien, what are you doing?” Aurelia asked angrily. “Give those back to them!”
She stepped forward to retrieve the laptops, but Damien caught her hand.
“There’s no need to keep digging,” he said. “Because…”
He paused momentarily, then lifted his gaze and fixed a long, unreadable look on Sloane, who was trying to stay hidden among the crowd.
But he quickly looked away and turned back to Aurelia, his expression heavy with guilt. “Because I’m the one behind it all. Aury, you were right. It was me… I did everything.”
